THREE 

PEOPLE 

WORTHY 

OF RESPECT

Quote for Today - January 5, 2013

"There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet.  To know, to kill, to create."

"Il n'existe que trois etres respectables: le prétre,  le guerrier, le poéte.  Savoir, tuer, et creer."


Charles Baudelaire [1821-1867], in Mon Coeur Mis a Nu [1887, 1897], XXII

QUESTIONS:

That was published in France in 1887 from Charles Baudelaire who died in 1867. If you were to list 3 beings worthy of respect today, whom would you list?

How would you understand the second part of the quote: to know, to kill, to create"?