For this reason poets and artists developed the doctrine of Art for Art's Sake. The community did not appear to need them, so, tit for tat, they did not need the community. This being granted, it was no longer necessary or even desirable to make one's poetry either intelligible or sympathetic to the community. Louis MacNeice
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  3. Be a worthy worker and work will come. - Amit Kalantri

  4. God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself. - Criss Jami

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More Quotes By Louis MacNeice
  1. It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.

  2. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  3. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

  4. Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

  5. If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

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