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The poet illuminates us by the flames in which his being passes aw

The poet illuminates us by the flames in which his being passes away. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. – Muhammad Iqbal

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In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyones existence in this world. – Wislawa Szymborska

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