Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.
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To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.Paul Valery
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In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
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Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.
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