We are all born marked for evil.

Quote by Charles Baudelaire

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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,...

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

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...

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

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.

All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!

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!

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it...

Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it...

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

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.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

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...

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of...

It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of...

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

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.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

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...

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.