Poetry is the deification of reality.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.Edith Sitwell
The man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
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I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.
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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
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Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
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The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
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