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James Stephens

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

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These are some quotes by Irish author James Stephens Poet, who lived between February 2, 1882 and December 26, 1950.

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To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

James Stephens

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Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be.

Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be.

James Stephens

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There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement.

James Stephens

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I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

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Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

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When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.

When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.

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