A leading American author, poet, and early civil rights activist.. author poet folklorist and civil rights leader
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The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain. Go to Quote / Comment
There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart. 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 never thinks can never be wise. Go to Quote / Comment
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. Go to Quote / Comment