I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.

Quote by Arthur Rimbaud

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Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

Morality is the weakness of the brain.

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

I is another.

One single true word: it is, COME BACK. I want to be with you, I...

One single true word: it is, COME BACK. I want to be with you, I...

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious...

But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious...

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you...

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you...

I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.

I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.

The first study for the man who wants to be a poet is knowledge of...

The first study for the man who wants to be a poet is knowledge of...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

He would say, 'How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm...

Misfortune was my god.

Misfortune was my god.

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains...

I'm intact, and I don't give a damn.

I'm intact, and I don't give a damn.