If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.

Robert Graves

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Poetry

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Robert Graves

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Speech

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English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Poet Novelist Writer

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Graves, Robert. Speech in London. 6 Dec. 1963, London School of Economics, London, England, UK.

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Picture a pasture open to all... The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another... But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit-in a world that is limited.

Garrett Hardin

The Tragedy of the Commons

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Tragedy of the commons

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Garrett Hardin
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The Tragedy of the Commons
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English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Hardin, Garrett. "The Tragedy of the Commons." Science Magazine, 13 Dec. 1968.

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To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Names Poetry
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Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

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Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.