QUOTES by Charles Baudelaire
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"But the true voyagers are only those who leave Just to be leaving; hearts light, like balloons, They never turn aside from their fatality And without knowing why they always say: "Let's go!"
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"The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, & which life reveals is the most living proof of our immortality."
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"Let us beware of common folk, common sense, sentiment, inspiration, and the obvious."
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"I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination."
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"As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life."
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"I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge."
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"The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, He cannot walk, his wings are in the way."
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"He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window."
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"Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art."
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"I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust."
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"The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things; Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings, And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance."
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"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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"Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?"
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"There are women who inspire you with the desire to conquer them and to take your pleasure of them; but this one fills you only with the desire to die slowly beneath her gaze."
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"What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters."
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"If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist."
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"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors."
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"One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk."
Quote by -Charles Baudelaire