Quote by Charles Baudelaire
To be just, that is to say, to justify its existence, criticism sh

To be just, that is to say, to justify its existence, criticism should be partial, passionate and political, that is to say, written from an exclusive point of view, but a point of view that opens up the widest horizons. – Charles Baudelaire

Other quotes by Charles Baudelaire

The poet is like the prince of clouds
Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer;
Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers,
His giant wings prevent him from walking. – Charles Baudelaire

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Poetry
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Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction. – Charles Baudelaire

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Beauty
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Criticism
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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. – Proverb

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Those who have free seats at a play hiss first. – Chinese Proverb

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Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else. – Leo Aikman

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Criticism

There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behooves any of us,
To say anything about the rest of us. – Anon.

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Criticism

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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. – John Burroughs

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Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. – Henry Ford

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A day of battle is a day of harvest for the devil. – William Hooke

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You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbits foot of their particular religion. You dont really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a little slice of life. – Joni Mitchell

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