Macaulay

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“He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind. He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority. His very talents will be a hindrance to him.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

“Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

“Such night in England ne’er had been, nor e’er again shall be.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)