“wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom”
Four VII
is 5 (1926)
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E.E. Cummings 208
American poet 1894–1962Related quotes

Journal for Saturday, 27th November 1813; Quoted in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron by Thomas Moore (1830), Vol III, Chap. XVII, p. 208 http://books.google.com/books?id=nloLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA208

Kiss That Frog
Song lyrics, Us (1992)

“Don't gain the world and lose your soul
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.”
Zion Train
Uprising (1979)
“To let a fool kiss you is stupid,
To let a kiss fool you is worse.”
"Inscription On A Lipstick" in The Garment Worker Vol. 41 (1941), p. 10.

“I guide my fate
And what it's good for
There's no telling
It's blood
It's a flood”
The Slaughter
Lyrics, Shadows Collide with People (2004)

“I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.”

“Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.”
Variant translation: Death is softer by far than tyranny.
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), Agamemnon, line 1364