Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Charles Baudelaire

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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art – that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.

Charles Baudelaire

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.

Charles Baudelaire

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

Charles Baudelaire

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Charles Baudelaire

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.

Charles Baudelaire

To learn more about this French poet, check out his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire I think you’ll find some of his friends to be quite interesting.

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – James Baldwin

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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

James Baldwin

Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

James Baldwin

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

James Baldwin

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

James Baldwin

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

James Baldwin

Happy Wednesday, folks! I hope you enjoy these quotes and would like to learn more about James Baldwin. Here’s his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Charles de Gaulle

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Charles de Gaulle, France, French Government, Quotes, Roosevelt, Truman, Wednesday, wisdom, WWII

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Charles de Gaulle

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Charles de Gaulle

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Charles de Gaulle

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

Charles de Gaulle

Old age is a shipwreck.

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle is one of the many icons of the WWII era. For most, he is well known. For those who do not know who he is, here’s a wikipedia link for your convenience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle

I hope you enjoyed today’s quotes. Have a great Wednesday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – 5 Quotes

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Discovery, France, Jacques Yves Cousteau, Nature, Science, Scuba Diving, Undersea Exploration

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

People protect what they love.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

I used to watch Jacques Yves Cousteau on the National Geographic show when I was a kid. If you’d like to learn more about him, here’s a Wikipedia link for your convenience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau

Until next time…

Dave