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

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

We are all born marked for evil.

We are all born marked for evil.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

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.

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.

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...

Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which,...

Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which,...

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

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

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

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies...

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies...

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...

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish,...

Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish,...

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...

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...

France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among...

France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among...

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But...

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But...

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...