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W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes: The music of an unhappy people, of the children of disappointment; they tell of death and suffering and unvoiced longing toward a truer world, of misty wanderings and hidden ways.
         

The music of an unhappy people, of the children of disappointment; they tell of death and suffering and unvoiced longing toward a truer world, of misty wanderings and hidden ways.


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Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.



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Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.



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There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise



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Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.



We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.



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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.



I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.



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Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.





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