“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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"Socrates, In "Apology," sct. 21, by Plato. Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://www.quotes.net/quote/38870>.