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The precept given by a wise man, as well as a great critic, for the construction of poems, is equally true as to states:--Non satis est pulchra esse poemata, dulcia sunto.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke draws a parallel between poetry and governance, stressing that both must be pleasing and sweet.
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