I am the Empire at the end of the decadence.

Quote by Paul Verlaine

Topics: Paul Verlaine Quotes

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only...

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only...

Tears fall in my heart like the rain on the town.

Tears fall in my heart like the rain on the town.

The poet is a madman lost in adventure.

The poet is a madman lost in adventure.

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches, and here is my heart which beats only...

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches, and here is my heart which beats only...

Look your best--who said love is blind?

Look your best--who said love is blind?

In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.

In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for...

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for...

Love is not consolation. It is light.

Love is not consolation. It is light.

An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine...

An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine...

I guess sometimes the ground can shift between your feet. Sometimes your footing slips. You...

I guess sometimes the ground can shift between your feet. Sometimes your footing slips. You...

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Love wouldn't be blind if the Braille weren't so damned much fun.

Love wouldn't be blind if the Braille weren't so damned much fun.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead....

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead....

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred...

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred...

Some friends play at friendship, but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin.

Some friends play at friendship, but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin.

Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant...

Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant...