Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
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There is no force but argument in the case, and it is reason, not the will of another, that gives the law.
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He is to the great poet, what an excellent mimic is to a great actor. There is no determinate impression left on the mind by reading his poetry. . . . A great mind is one that moulds the minds of others.
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Those who cannot miss an opportunity of saying a good thing . . . are not to be trusted with the management of any great question.
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