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Stephen Vincent Benet Quotes

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes

American Poet July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943

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Stephen Vincent Benet quote: "I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names..."
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen Vincent Benet quote: "Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day..."
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. Stephen Vincent Benet
It's time to walk to the cider mill. Through air like apple wine, And watch the moon rise over the hill, stinging and hard and fine. It's time to bury your seed pods deep. And let them wait and be warm. It's time to sleep the heavy sleep. That does not wake for the storm. Stephen Vincent Benet
When the last moonshiner buys his radio, And the last, lost, wild-rabbit of a girl. Is civilized with a mail-order dress, Something will pass that was American. And all the movies will not bring it back. Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen Vincent Benet quote: "Dreaming men are haunted men."
Dreaming men are haunted men. Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen Vincent Benet quote: "We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom."
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. Stephen Vincent Benet
Stephen Vincent Benet quote: "Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity."
Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity. Stephen Vincent Benet

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