Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life. - Arthur Rimbaud

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Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

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About Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet.

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Alternative Names: Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud • Rimbaud
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