"Poets wish to profit or to please."

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"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."

"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."

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"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

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"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal."

"Poets wish to profit or to please."

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"Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation."

"The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember."

"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

"I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie."