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Enjoyment of poetry (1913)
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind
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The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
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A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke
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People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.
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There is truth in the high opinion that in so far as a man conforms, he ceases to exist.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
January 4, 1883
Died:
March 25, 1969
(aged 86)
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