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Charles Baudelaire Quotes

If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force.
Charles Baudelaire

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Category:
French Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 9, 1821
Date of Death:
August 31, 1867
Nationality:
French
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