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.Rate it:(4.00 / 1 vote)Say it

Socrates

ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)

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