God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.

A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.

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

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

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive...

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

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 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...

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

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.

Music fathoms the sky.

Music fathoms the sky.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it...

If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it...

The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even,...

The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even,...

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

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...

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

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

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

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...

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...