Why, a moral truth is a hollow tooth
Which must be propped with gold.
(Sersmith The Dentist)
More Quotes from Edgar Lee Masters:
Nothing in life is alien to you:I was a penniless girl from Summum
Who stepped from the morning train in Spoon River.
Edgar Lee Masters
Their silence shall be interpreted
As we approach them.
Edgar Lee Masters
You believed in the joy of life.
Edgar Lee Masters
Here I confess to a lofty scorn,
And an acrid skepticism.
Edgar Lee Masters
And the old soldier is struck with silence,
Or his mind flies away
Because he cannot concentrate it on Gettysburg.
Edgar Lee Masters
I beat the windows, shook the bolts,
And hid me in a corner-
And then she died and haunted me,
And hunted me for life.
Edgar Lee Masters
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