The members learn there that there are other authors than themselves.

Poets' Clubs are a good thing; they bring poets into contact with each other, and they learn what a bore it is to have to listen to a poet reading his own poem.

Pugilists' Clubs are good; so are all other class clubs; but so also are clubs like our own, which takes in all who are worthy.

Here a poet can talk poetry as much as he wants, but at the same time he hears something besides poetry.

We must stick to our original idea." "Then let us do something to abate the nuisance of which I complain," said Confucius.