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To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-- It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.Edgar Lee Masters
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O world, that's you! You are but a widened place in the river Where Life looks down and we rejoice for her Mirrored in us, and so we dream And turn awayEdgar Lee Masters
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In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.Edgar Lee Masters
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And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a dance or picnic. I ended up with forty acres; I ended up with a broken fiddle– And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories, And not a single regret.Edgar Lee Masters
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The much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth.Edgar Lee Masters
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Act well your part, there all the honor lies.Edgar Lee Masters