Quoting Jonathan Swift, A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet, 1721

A commonplace book is what a provident poet cannot subsist without for poets, being liars by profession, ought to have good memories.
— Jonathan Swift, A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet, 1721

7:36pm on March 22, 2026 from Atyrau, Atyrau Oblisi, Kazakhstan


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