"Those who are better at reasoning, and better at regurgitating their thoughts in order to express them clearly and intelligibly, are better able to convince people of what they claim, even if they speak in dirty language and have never studied rhetoric; and those who have kinder ideas and can express them more gracefully and tenderly will be better poets, even if they are unfamiliar with poetry.
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Those who are better at reasoning, and better at regurgitating their thoughts in order to express them clearly and intelligibly, are better able to convince people of what they claim, even if they speak in dirty language and have never studied rhetoric; and those who have kinder ideas and can express them more gracefully and tenderly will be better poets, even if they are unfamiliar with poetry.
""Akik jobban tudnak okoskodni, s jobban meghányják-vetik gondolataikat avégből, hogy tisztán s érthetően kifejthessék, jobban meg is tudják az embert győzni arról, amit állítanak, még ha pórias nyelven szólnak is, és sohasem tanulták is a retorikát; s akinek kedvesebb ötleteik vannak s díszesebben s gyöngédebben tudják kifejezni őket, jobb költők lesznek, ha ismeretlen is előttük a költészettan."