Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages.... Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent, without heat and full of melancholy. But alas! the rising tide of democracy, which spreads everywhere and reduces everything to the same level, is daily carrying away these last champions of human pride, and submerging, in the waters of oblivion, the last traces of these remarkable myrmidons.
Where ever I am not is the place where I am myself. - Charles Baudelaire
Where ever I am not is the place where I am myself.
- Charles Baudelaire
Nothing can be done except little by little. - Charles Baudelaire
Nothing can be done except little by little.
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for. - Charles Baudelaire
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
Through the Unknown, we'll find the New - Charles Baudelaire
Through the Unknown, we'll find the New
I am the wound and the knife! I am the slap and the cheek! I am the limbs and the rack, And the victim and the executioner! I am the vampire of my ow… - Charles Baudelaire
I am the wound and the knife! I am the slap and the cheek! I am the limbs and the rack, And the victim and the executioner! I am the vampire of my ow…
You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it-it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and ben… - Charles Baudelaire
You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it-it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and ben…
The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist. - Charles Baudelaire
The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.
One can only forget about time by making use of it. - Charles Baudelaire
One can only forget about time by making use of it.
What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight? - Charles Baudelaire
What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?
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