Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
About Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems.
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Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
American writer (1868-1950)
To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
American writer (1868-1950)
Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.
American writer (1868-1950)
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
American writer (1868-1950)
How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
American writer (1868-1950)