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Proverbs, and Sayings
Bliss Carman Quote
 | Source/Notes: A Sea Child, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). |
 | “Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.” ―Thomas Malthus Source/Notes: An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798), Chapter I |
 | “Most of the trouble in the world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.” ―William S. Burroughs Source/Notes: The Adding Machine: Selected Essays (1985), The Name is Burroughs |
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 | Source/Notes: (Leslie T. Lyall. A Passion for the Impossible: The Continuing Story of the Mission Hudson Taylor Began. London: OMF Books, 1965, 37.) |
Bliss Carman
Born: April 15, 1861
Died: June 8, 1929 (aged 68)
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Poet
Bio: Bliss Carman FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years.
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