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Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes: I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
         

I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.


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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.



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Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.



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Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.





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