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A book of quotations can never be complete.
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A book of quotations can never be complete.
—AnonymousFootnote 1
A poem is never finished, it is only abandoned.
—W. H. Auden, 1967Footnote 2
Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever, fare thee well.
—Lord Byron, 1816
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- 1.
I have seen this quote attributed to some Robert M. Hamilton, but could not find a reliable confirmation of this authorship.
- 2.
This is a succinct paraphrase of an earlier and much longer sentence by Paul Valéry. (Auden cited him as the author.) It was later repeated, about books, by Gene Fowler.
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Likharev, K.K. (2021). Conclusion: Farewell. In: Likharev, K.K. (eds) Essential Quotes for Scientists and Engineers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63332-5_22
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