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Quote by Francisco Javier Alegre
Para conocer la utilidad, el arte, el mérito, la gracia y la beldad de la poesía no es menester ser poeta.
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The quote says that being able to recognize poetry’s usefulness, skill, merit, grace, and beauty does not require writing poetry oneself. A reader may understand and value what poetry offers without having the same role as its creator.
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- UNAM thesis reproducing Alegre’s “Epístola dedicatoria” to Arte poética de Mr. Boileau
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