This week's harvest - Best American Poetry Blog

"God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America." — Bismarck

"The greatest danger to most men is not that they aim too high and miss the mark, but that they aim too low and reach it."

— Emil Ludwig

— "Show me an actress who isn't a personality, and you'll show me a woman who isn't a star." — Katharine Hepburn

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.”
― Marlene Dietrich

"I praise loudly. I blame softly." — Catherine the Great

‘There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." – Oscar Wilde

“When I want to read a novel, I write one.”
― Benjamin Disraeli

“Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's”
― Madame de Stael, De l'influence des passions sur le bonheur des individus et des nations

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

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