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The world only goes round by misunderstanding.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy baby hanging from the breast.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

He who doesn't accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

Inspiration comes of working every day.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

Always be a poet, even in prose.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote

The habit of doing one's duty drives away fear.
~ Charles Baudelaire Quote