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— Henry David Thoreau"There are two classes of men called poets. The one cultivates life, the other art,... one satisfies hunger, the other gratifies the palate."
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As refined fare serves a hungry man as well as and no better than coarser food, the more pretentious artist will not dream of inviting the hungry man to his meal.
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Nor seek, for this is also sooth, To hunger fiercely after truth, Lest all thy toiling only breeds New dreams, new dreams; there is no truth Saving in thine own heart.
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