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America
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The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.
-John Ciardi
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Art
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Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.
-John Ciardi
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City Life, Cities
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A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.
-John Ciardi
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Education
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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
-John Ciardi
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Hope
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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
-John Ciardi
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Love
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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.
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Moderation
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There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
-John Ciardi
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Suffering
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You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
-John Ciardi
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Books by and about John Ciardi