About Maya Angelou
1928 – 2014
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist celebrated for her series of autobiographies. Known for her lyrical prose and unflinching honesty about trauma and resilience.
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“Go where he will, the wise man is at home, his hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.”
“Arms are of little value in the field unless there is wise counsel at home.”
“Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever.”
“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”
“Hence vain deluding Joys, the brood of Folly without father bred!”