Poets are born, not made

Poets, like all true artists, possess talent that cannot be taught.

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It’s just as it was in the ancient world: there are some who say that poets are born, not made; and there are some who claim that a natural inclination is useful but not sufficient – that if you want to achieve something good, it has to be cultivated.

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Orators, like poets, are "born not made," but even the born speaker will fail at times unless these laws are considered and observed.

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If it is true that poets are born, not made, it is equally so of poachers.

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Acting she has yet to learn; but artists, like poets, are born, not made.

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Goalkeepers, like poets, are born, not made.

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poetry po-faced

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