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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. - Jean Cocteau

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth. – Jean Cocteau

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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie. – Jean Cocteau

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It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously. – Jean Cocteau

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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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Prose talks and poetry sings. – Franz Grillparzer

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The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy. – James Broughton

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