The lines in italics are from the musical and film "Man of La Mancha". In the play (and movie),Miguel de Cervantes (The main character) is in prison, telling a skeptic about his poetic vision of the world. The skeptic says, “You poets run away from reality. A man has to come to terms with life as it is!” Cervantes retaliates with those lines.
How the lyrics are related to the quote, I honestly do not know.
The lines in italics are from the musical and film "Man of La Mancha". In the play (and movie),Miguel de Cervantes (The main character) is in prison, telling a skeptic about his poetic vision of the world. The skeptic says, “You poets run away from reality. A man has to come to terms with life as it is!” Cervantes retaliates with those lines.
How the lyrics are related to the quote, I honestly do not know.