“The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must o...” — Aristotle Quote

“The poet, being an imitator like a painter or any other artist, must of necessity imitate one of three objects - things as they were or are, things as they are said or thought to be, or things as they ought to be. The vehicle of expression is language - either current terms or, it may be, rare words or metaphors.”

“With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.”