The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

Topics: Certainty Quotes

Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?

Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered,...

It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered,...

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of...

As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of...

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and...

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and...

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.

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...

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of...

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of...

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover...

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover...

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of time. And...

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of time. And...

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always...

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always...

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

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...

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up...

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up...

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.