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“If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject without the Muses’ madness, he will fail, and his self-controlled verses will be eclipsed by the poetry of men who have been driven out of their minds.”
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“But when they came to writing, Theuth said: ‘O King, here is something that, once learned, will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memory; I have discovered a potion for memory and for wisdom.’ Thamus, however, replied: ‘O most expert Theuth, one man can give birth to the elements of an art, but only another can judge how they can benefit or harm those who will use them….
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