I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

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...

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

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...

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

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

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and...

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and...

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

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

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...

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.

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to...

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were...

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were...

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll.

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll.

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.