Quotes by Baudelaire, Charles
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 August 31, 1867) was one of the most influential French poets of the nineteenth Century. He was also an important critic, and translator. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums.
"Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility."
Baudelaire, Charles on originality
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"Any healthy man can go without food for two days -- but not without poetry."
Baudelaire, Charles on poetry and poets
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"The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep."
Baudelaire, Charles on prayer
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"Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation."
Baudelaire, Charles on reason
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"Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul."
Baudelaire, Charles on rejection
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"There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness."
Baudelaire, Charles on beauty
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"Hypocrite reader -- my fellow -- my brother!"
Baudelaire, Charles on books - reading
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"Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."
Baudelaire, Charles on bores and boredom
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"Nothing can be done except little by little."
Baudelaire, Charles on things and little things
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"The world only goes round by misunderstanding."
Baudelaire, Charles on understanding
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