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title: "2 Culture Poet Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Culture Poet quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Culture Poet sayings and thoughts."
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> [I began to write in an enclosed, self-confident literary culture. The poet's life stood in a burnished light in the Ireland of that time. Poets were still poor, had little sponsored work, and could not depend on a sympathetic reaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eavan-boland/i-began-to-write-in-an-enclosed-self-confident-literary-culture-the/)

[Eavan Boland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eavan-boland/)

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> [It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden/it-is-a-sad-fact-about-our-culture-that-a-poet-can-earn-much-more/)

[W. H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden/)

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