Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-1] of 1 Poetry quotesPoetry QuotesPoetry Whether we believe the Greek poet, "it is sometimes even pleasant to be mad", or Plato, "he who is master of himself has knocked in vain at the doors of poetry"; or Aristotle, "no great genius was without a mixture of insanity"; the mind cannot express anything lofty and above the ordinary unless inspired.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print