There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either.

Robert Graves

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I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

Robert Graves

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Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature

Idries Shah

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What's remarkable about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Robert Graves

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