Music fathoms the sky.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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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.

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

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.

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.

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...

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important...

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important...

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.

A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.

A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.

Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and...

Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and...

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...

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

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

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can...

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can...

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the...

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...

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover...

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover...

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies...

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies...

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...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts.

Elevate your inside game. A negative attitude is below the horizon...a place for lonesome hearts.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and...