The Only True Idea

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The only true idea Is a dead idea: Living marble, Like a Michelangelo mausoleum Or Keats' Grecian urn. Live ideas are like people: They bustle and jostle in the marketplace, Are vain, possessive, Wear makeup, Lie to get their way. One could no more live without ideas Than without people. Yet, as with people, One would be a fool To believe them absolutely.