France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.

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...

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...

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

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

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the...

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the...

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

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

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

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in...

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in...

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.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

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,...

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...

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most...

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most...

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art,...

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art,...

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.

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is...

To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is...

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To...

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood...

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood...

What is art? Prostitution.

What is art? Prostitution.

Everything for me becomes allegory.

Everything for me becomes allegory.