Quote by Charles Baudelaire
The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his senti

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. – Charles Baudelaire

Other quotes by Charles Baudelaire

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present. – Charles Baudelaire

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Beauty
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It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. – Charles Baudelaire

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Labor
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Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure. – Yiddish Proverb

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Most people do not pray; they only beg. – George Bernard Shaw

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Prayer

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isnt that the best position from which to pray? – Ethel Barrymore

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God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. – Mother Teresa

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Prayer

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