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Quote by Francis Bacon
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the offi

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of mans body. – Francis Bacon

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It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every mans judgment. – Francis Bacon

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Poetry is not always words. – Terri Guillemets, “Moonglow over the mountain,” 1991

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The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. – June Jordan

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One cant write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who dont like poetry. – Nathalie Sarraute

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Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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