The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality,...

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality,...

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before...

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before...

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end...

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end...

Any newspaper, from the first line to the last, is nothing but a web of...

Any newspaper, from the first line to the last, is nothing but a web of...

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it...

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it...

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in...

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in...

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of...

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of...

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important...

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important...

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you...

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

A woman's work is never done

A woman's work is never done