Charles Baudelaire Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 9, 1821 - August 31, 1867

Topics

HateMenProgressPoetryRoadPlace

You know when you play Pictionary and someone draws a state? My biggest fear is that I'm not gonna know what state it is. I'm so bad at geography.

Melora Hardin

FearSomeoneYouBadPlayKnow

Nobody in the developing world is going to take, as an answer to their aspirations, the developed world's reply: 'Sorry, you can't; we've already used it all up.' To earn the right to look the developing world in the eye and start this conversation, we need a reassessment of how we live and what we want.

John Lanchester

LiveWorldEyeStartSorryLook

It's not a male-dominated anything... It's WWE, and it's for anybody.

Stephanie McMahon

AnythingWWEAnybody

Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good.

Liz Phair

GoodPerfectionMeNeverDidAny

Work goes well if you give your best with the guy beside you.

Diego Costa

WorkBestYouGuyGiveWell

I have no idea what to wear; Nicolas Ghesquiere has made me a wardrobe for every circumstance.

Brigitte Macron

MeWearIdeaNo IdeaMadeWardrobe

I feel like I've seen a lot of talented people, and some have gone on to great things, and some have gone on to successful careers and done alright but without great amounts of fame and recognition.

Wyatt Cenac

GreatPeopleFeelRecognitionDone

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

William Randolph

WorldWrongRightGreatest

I still cherish the memory of walking into the Parliament for the first time.

Preneet Kaur

TimeMemoryWalkingCherishFirst

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

Philip Guston

ArtPaintRatherThanPicturing

I grew up and I became very successful at what I did as a young man. I became a work addict because this was the only way I could get any relief from this pain.

Keith Miller

WorkManPainYoungYoung ManWay

The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured.

James Mercer

PeopleMeNegativeSomeoneInjuries

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