[ charles baudelaire Quotes ]
18 Quotations
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A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.
[ Arts and Artists ]
Charles Baudelaire
15 votes
A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.
[ Wives ]
Charles Baudelaire
10 votes
Any healthy man can go without food for two days -- but not without poetry.
[ Poetry and Poets ]
Charles Baudelaire
18 votes
Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul.
[ Rejection ]
Charles Baudelaire
24 votes
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
[ Bores and Boredom ]
Charles Baudelaire
13 votes
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
[ Reason ]
Charles Baudelaire
27 votes
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
[ Business ]
Charles Baudelaire
12 votes
Hypocrite reader -- my fellow -- my brother!
[ Books - Reading ]
Charles Baudelaire
10 votes
Inspiration comes of working every day.
[ Work ]
Charles Baudelaire
19 votes
It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.
[ Critics and Criticism ]
Charles Baudelaire
15 votes
Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.
[ Originality ]
Charles Baudelaire
25 votes
Nothing can be done except little by little.
[ Things and Little Things ]
Charles Baudelaire
27 votes
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist
[ Devil ]
Charles Baudelaire
29 votes
The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.
[ Prayer ]
Charles Baudelaire
13 votes
The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
[ Understanding ]
Charles Baudelaire
28 votes
There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.
[ Beauty ]
Charles Baudelaire
22 votes
What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.
[ Taste ]
Charles Baudelaire
19 votes
