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Most joyful the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.

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To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.

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There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

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Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man.

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Inside every man there is a poet who died young.

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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.

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A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

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We have more poets thatnjudges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem that to understand a good one.

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Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.

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