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Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. - George Farquhar

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. – George Farquhar

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We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it. – George Farquhar

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Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert

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Im sorry, man, but Ive got magic. Ive got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time – and this includes naps – Im an F-18, bro. And I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground. – Charlie Sheen

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Poetry

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living. – Vanessa Redgrave

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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. – M. H. Abrams

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