In most men there exists a poet who died young, whom the man survived.
Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveI have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.
Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveIf 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