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The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Joseph Brodsky
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Joseph Brodsky: documented activity in 1956. Wikidata Q862, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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