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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. - Quote by T.S Eliot

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.

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