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“The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureat.”

Men Ideas Politics Wise Poet Judging Ridiculous Absurd Mathematician Jury Legislators Inconsistent Hereditary

Author:Thomas Paine

“A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his life pure, his thoughts high, his studies intense.”

Soul Body Perfect Study Wise Poet Pure Shapes All Things Intense Good Wise

Book:Collected essays

Source: Collected essays

“[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.”

Source: One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics)

“A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.”

Men Should Wisdom Poetry Wise Poet Excellence Apex

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“The poet is like the wise fool or like a version of the stand-up, because we're standing, we're doing stand-up. That's exactly what we're doing.”

Wise Poet Fool Standing Versions

Author:Eileen Myles