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title: "6 Poetry Men Quotes by 5 authors"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-anyone-comes-to-the-gates-of-poetry-and-expects-to-become-an/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-r-luce/there-are-men-who-can-write-poetry-and-there-are-men-who-can-read/)

[Henry R. Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-r-luce/)

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> [Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/angling-is-somewhat-like-poetry-men-are-to-be-born-so-i-mean-with/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

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> [It is difficult to get the news from poetry, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-carlos-williams/it-is-difficult-to-get-the-news-from-poetry-yet-men-die-miserably/)

[William Carlos Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-carlos-williams/)

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> [Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izaak-walton/angling-is-somewhat-like-poetry-men-are-to-be-born-so/)

[Izaak Walton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izaak-walton/)

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> [If it were not for poetry, few men would ever fall in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/if-it-were-not-for-poetry-few-men-would-ever-fall-in-love/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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