Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us …

Robert Graves
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Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves. ✨ Robert Graves, Patrick J. Quinn (2000). Some speculations on literature, history, and religion, Carcanet Press Ltd.
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Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves. ✨ Robert Graves, Patrick J. Quinn (2000). Some speculations on literature, history, and religion, Carcanet Press Ltd.

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