Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
—Edgar Lee Masters
Topics: Fame, Immortality
The lifeless boughs of time.
—Edgar Lee Masters
Topics: Time
Why, a moral truth is a hollow tooth which must be propped with gold.
—Edgar Lee Masters
Topics: Morals
Beware of the man who rises to powerFrom one suspender.
—Edgar Lee Masters
How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
—Edgar Lee Masters
Topics: Soul
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