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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
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Alexander Pope

Date of birth: 1688-05-21

Date of death: 1744-05-30

Quotes number: 111

Nationality: English

Profession: Poet

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