A leading American author, poet, and early civil rights activist.. author poet folklorist and civil rights leader
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Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity. Go to Quote / Comment
Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous. Go to Quote / Comment
The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain. Go to Quote / Comment
The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it is the shades of privacy. Go to Quote / Comment
To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow. Go to Quote / Comment