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Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

Knowledge

David Hare

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.

Poetry

David Hare

Strength was the virtue of paganism obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

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Andrew Motion

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.

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