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Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: In most men there exists a poet who died young, whom the man survived.

In most men there exists a poet who died young, whom the man survived.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.

Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution.

Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.

I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: The greatest of all French critics, and possibly the greatest European critic since Aristotle .

The greatest of all French critics, and possibly the greatest European critic since Aristotle .

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could.

If I had a device, it would be the true, the true only, leaving the beautiful and the good to settle matters afterwards as best they could.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: If you want to succeed, limit yourself.

If you want to succeed, limit yourself.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: What signifies the ladder, provided one rise and attain the end?

What signifies the ladder, provided one rise and attain the end?

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: There are people whose clocks stop at a certain point in their lives.

There are people whose clocks stop at a certain point in their lives.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.

Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavour to have those who do us honour.

Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavour to have those who do us honour.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: Tell me who loves, who admires you, and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me who loves, who admires you, and I will tell you who you are.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: A philosophical thought has probably not attained all its sharpness and all its illumination until it is expressed in French

A philosophical thought has probably not attained all its sharpness and all its illumination until it is expressed in French

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: Nothing is more painful to me than the disdain with which people treat second-rate authors, as if there were room only for the first-raters.

Nothing is more painful to me than the disdain with which people treat second-rate authors, as if there were room only for the first-raters.

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve quotes: With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult.

With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult.