More Quotes by Charles Baudelaire
I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.
Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?
All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.
Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.
To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.
No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start. It becomes a nightmare.
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.
I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.
Let us beware of common folk, common sense, sentiment, inspiration, and the obvious.
