Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
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