Quote by Charles Baudelaire
Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one anothe

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place. – Charles Baudelaire

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The cannon thunders… limbs fly in all directions… one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice… its Humanity in search of happiness. – Charles Baudelaire

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War
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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

Category:
Poetry
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I have been enlightened. I have fallen into poetry and it has swallowed me up. – Keith Haring

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The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. – Lynda Barry

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Poetry

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything Ive learned about poetry – the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible – but also the ability to create a narrative that, though lacking a novels length, satisfies the reader. – Ron Rash

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Poetry

Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence. – J. G. Stedman

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Poetry

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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. – George Washington

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The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. – Jerry Rubin

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power

Im still going to make mistakes, but I dont have any problems with publicly professing my faith now. It just took me a long time to get to the right place in my relationship with Christ. – Scott Stapp

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Faith

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth.” – Dan Rather