![If you rank me with the lyric poets, my exalted head shall strike the stars.
[Lat., Quod si me lyricis vatibus inseris,
Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-you-rank-me-with-the-lyric-poets-my-exalted-head-shall-strike-the-stars-lat.jpg){kind=icon}
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