Quote#Poetry
It occurred to me that I would like to be a poet. The chief…
Quote bySaki · 1870–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reginald (1904), "Reginald's Rubaiyat".
English (original)
It occurred to me that I would like to be a poet. The chief qualification, I understand is that you must be born. Well, I hunted up my birth certificate, and found that I was all right on that score.
— Saki
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