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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Born: May 24, 1940
Died: Jan 28, 1996
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An ethical man doesn't need a consensus of his allies in order to act against something he finds reprehensible. Joseph Brodsky
Man Finds Something Allies He His Reprehensible Order Against Ethical Act Consensus Need
It is almost a rule that the more complex a man is, the simpler his billing. A person with a retrospective ability gone rampant often would be called an historian. Similarly, one to whom reality doesn't seem to make sense gets dubbed a philosopher. Joseph Brodsky
Man Reality Sense Gone Philosopher Rampant Rule Complex Would Would-Be Ability Seem Similarly More Simpler Almost Make Retrospective His Historian Person Gets Often Billing Whom
Unlike life, a work of art never gets taken for granted: it is always viewed against its precursors and predecessors. Joseph Brodsky
Life Work Art Unlike Never Taken Taken For Granted Always Gets Predecessors Against Viewed Granted
On the whole, books are indeed less finite than ourselves. Even the worst among them outlast their authors - mainly because they occupy a smaller amount of physical space than those who penned them. Often they sit on the shelves absorbing dust long after the writer himself has turned into a handful of dust. Joseph Brodsky
Space Long Sit Dust Books Indeed Those Worst Ourselves Physical Outlast Finite Writer Absorb Smaller Mainly Himself Because Occupy Shelves Handful Than Authors Often After Them Turned Less Who Whole Even Among Amount
The career of an esthete was nothing I ever intended. Joseph Brodsky
Nothing Intended Ever Career
Art is a spirit seeking flesh but finding words. Joseph Brodsky
Art Words Finding Spirit Seeking Flesh

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