A leading American author, poet, and early civil rights activist.. author poet folklorist and civil rights leader
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Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous. Go to Quote / Comment
One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of attention, and the world, therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied but to be read. Go to Quote / Comment
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many foulder in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale. Go to Quote / Comment
Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them. Go to Quote / Comment
He that never thinks can never be wise. Go to Quote / Comment