In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness...

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...

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But...

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But...

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

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

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.

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.

Any newspaper, from the first line to the last, is nothing but a web of...

Any newspaper, from the first line to the last, is nothing but a web of...

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to...

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to...

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense...

An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense...

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

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

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end...

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end...

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.

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...

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...

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.

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.

Music fathoms the sky.

Music fathoms the sky.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.