I am very willing to admit that I have some poetical abilities, and as few - if any - writers, either moral or political, are intimately acquainted with the classes of mankind among whom I have chiefly mingled, I may have seen men and manners in a different phasis from what is common, which may assist originality of thought.
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"I am very willing to admit that I have some poetical abilities, and as few - if any - writers, either moral or political, are intimately acquainted with the classes of mankind among whom I have chiefly mingled, I may have seen men and manners in a different phasis from what is common, which may assist originality of thought." — Robert Burns
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I am very willing to admit that I have some poetical abilities, and as few - if any - writers, either moral or political, are intimately acquainted with the classes of mankind among whom I have chiefly mingled, I may have seen men and manners in a different phasis from what is common, which may assist originality of thought. — Robert Burns
About Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Poet from Kingdom of Great Britain (1759–1796).
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This quote is attributed to Robert Burns, a Poet from Kingdom of Great Britain.
When did Robert Burns live?
Robert Burns lived from 1759 – 1796.