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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. – Socrates

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Prose talks and poetry sings. – Franz Grillparzer

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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding ones own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. – Edward Dowden

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The ugly is in poetry only a passing shadow. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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