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- Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. — Thomas Carlyle
- To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard. — Carl Sandburg
- We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. — Benjamin Franklin
- As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes. — Ian Hamilton Finlay
- I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera. — Ian Hamilton Finlay
- I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one. — Ian Hamilton Finlay