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Watch out for intellect,because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down,mouthing knowledge as your heartfalls out of your mouth.
Watch out for intellect,because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down,mouthing knowledge as your heartfalls out of your mouth.
Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
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- Anne Sexton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Anne Sexton: life dates 1928 to 1974. Wikidata Q270728, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270728 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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