Famous John Ciardi Quotations

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"A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students."
by John Ciardi
"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."
by John Ciardi
"There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation."
by John Ciardi
"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."
by John Ciardi
"A dollar saved is a quarter earned."
by John Ciardi
"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea."
by John Anthony Ciardi
"Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor."
by John Anthony Ciardi
"Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it"
by John Anthony Ciardi
"Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone."
by John Ciardi
"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young men of this mealy generation the courage of their confusion."
by John Anthony Ciardi
"You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone."
by John Ciardi
"Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."
by John Ciardi


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