The poet is always indebted to the universe, paying interest and fines on sorrowVladimir MayakovskyConversation with an Inspector of Taxes about Poetry
All a poet can do today is warnWilfred OwenPoems (preface)
Sir, I admit your general rule That every poet is a fool; But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poetAlexander PopeEpigram from the French