"Poets utter great and wise things which..." - Quote by Plato
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
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“The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.”
“That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.”
“Beauty is a natural superiority.”
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“Why then we should drop into poetry.”
“Yet poetry, though the last and finest result, is a natural fruit. As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. It is the chief and most memorable success, for history is but a prose narrative of poetic deeds.”
“Hang yourself, poet, in your own words.Otherwise, you are dead.”