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e. e. cummings was a 19th-century American poet and author. Edward Estlin Cummings, commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth

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“Be of love a little more careful than of anything.”
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Anything Little Than

“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.”
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World

“Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.”
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Love I Love You Humanity

“Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.”
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Wisdom Fate Better

“I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.”
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Stars Dance Bird

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”
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Day World Yourself
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