"Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be."

People, Poets

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"Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be."

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"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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