“A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.”
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Edmond de Goncourt3
French writer 1822–1896Related quotes
“Ooh find me the man with the ladder
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Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 101
