It is easy to display a wound, the proud scars of combat. It is hard to show a pimple - Leonard Cohen

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It is easy to display a wound, the proud scars of combat. It is hard to show a pimple

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About Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC, GOQ (21 September 1934 - 7 November 2016) was a Canadian poet, songwriter, singer, and novelist noted for the bold exploration of religion, politics, sexuality, personal relationships and personal isolation in his works.

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Birth Name: Leonard Norman Cohen

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We spoke so that we could become tender. It was not the kind of tenderness which follows passion, but the kind which follows failure.

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