The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the most lasting joys; the being towards or for whom all their efforts tend for whom and by whom fortunes are made and lost; for whom, but especially by whom, artists and poets compose their most delicate jewels; from whom flow the most enervating pleasures and the most enriching sufferings - woman, in a word, is not, for the artist in general... only the female of the human species. She is rather a divinity, a star.
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.
Through the Unknown, we'll find the New - Charles Baudelaire
Through the Unknown, we'll find the New
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.
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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