Always be a poet, even in prose.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

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.

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

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.

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

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

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

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...

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

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.

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

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

We are all born marked for evil.

We are all born marked for evil.

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,...

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Every idea is endowed of itself with immortal life, like a human being. All created...

Every idea is endowed of itself with immortal life, like a human being. All created...

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped...

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped...

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...

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.