The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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