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Mark Van Doren quotes

American Poet June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972

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When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all. Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren quote: "To fail to love is not to exist at all."
To fail to love is not to exist at all. Mark Van Doren
The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do. Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren quote: "The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren quote: "Wit is the only wall between us and the dark."
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. Mark Van Doren
An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its foundations insecure. Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren quote: "Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is..."
Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth. Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren quote: "Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may..."
Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king. Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren quote: "It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly."
It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly. Mark Van Doren

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