Famous quotes containing the words congenital and/or absence:
“France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“Shall I abide
In this dull world, which in thy absence is
No better than a sty?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)