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The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night.

I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools ...

We are like trees. We wear all colors naturally.

Human dignity is more precious than prestige ...

If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.

Deep in the secret chambers of my heart I muse my life-long hate, and without flinch I bear it nobly as I live my part.

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

I have forgotten much, but still remember The poinsiana's red, blood-red in warm December.

And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.

Adventure-seasoned and storm-buffeted,
I shun all signs of anchorage, because
The zest of life exceeds the bound of laws.

If we must die, O let us nobly die.