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Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.
How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
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 b... (more Edgar Lee Masters quotes)
| Spoon River Anthology By Edgar Lee Masters, Set Up And Electrotyped Published April, 1915, Reprinted Ma, July, August, Twice, September, October, Twice, 1915 by Edgar Lee Masters | |
| Edgar Lee Masters (Twayne's United States Authors Series) by John H. Wrenn and Margaret M. Wrenn | |
| Edgar Lee Masters: A Biographical Sketchbook About a Famous American Author by Hardin Wallace Masters |