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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
Approximate author period: c. 1922 AD · modern
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- E.E. Cummings
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- Approximate author period: c. 1922 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for E. E. Cummings: documented activity in 1922. Wikidata Q298703, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298703 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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