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That I make poetry and give pleasure (if I give pleasure) are because of you.
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He has gained every point who has mixed profit with pleasure, by delighting the reader at the same time as instructing him.
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For nature forms our spirits to receive Each bent that outward circumstance can give: She kindles pleasure, bids resentment glow, Or bows the soul to earth in hopeless woe.
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He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure, by delighting and instructing the reader at the same time.
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Then take, good sir, your pleasure while you may; With life so short 'twere wrong to lose a day.
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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
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Born:
65 BC
Died:
8 BC
(aged 57)
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