A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.
Charles Baudelaire
Wine And Love, Sweetheart Analogy, Witty Comparison, Wine, Wife, Sweetheart
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“Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste.” Charles Baudelaire
Sole Ambition Beauty, Exclusive Taste, Poetic Goal, Beauty, Ambition, Taste
Charles Baudelaire Sole Ambition Beauty, Exclusive Taste, Poetic Goal, Beauty, Ambition, Taste“That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty.” Charles Baudelaire
Unexpected Beauty, Sensible Appeal, Distorted Charm, Irregularity, Surprise, Astonishment
Charles Baudelaire Unexpected Beauty, Sensible Appeal, Distorted Charm, Irregularity, Surprise, Astonishment“You walk on corpses, beauty, undismayed.” Charles Baudelaire
Beauty On Corpses, Undismayed Walk, Poetic Darkness, Corpses, Beauty, Darkness
Charles Baudelaire Beauty On Corpses, Undismayed Walk, Poetic Darkness, Corpses, Beauty, Darkness“I love to think of those naked epochs Whose statues Phoebus liked to tinge with gold. At that time men and women, lithe and strong, Tasted the thrill of love free from care and prudery, And with the amorous sun caressing their loins They gloried in the health of their noble bodies.” Charles Baudelaire
Naked Epochs, Romantic Freedom, Poetic Sensuality, Epochs, Freedom, Sensuality
Charles Baudelaire Naked Epochs, Romantic Freedom, Poetic Sensuality, Epochs, Freedom, Sensuality“How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less.” Charles Baudelaire
Work And Suffering, Fatigue Learning, Simple Truth, Punishment, Labor, Relief
Charles Baudelaire Work And Suffering, Fatigue Learning, Simple Truth, Punishment, Labor, Relief“Man – all mankind, that is to say – is so naturally depraved that he suffers less from universal degradation than from the establishment of a reasonable hierarchy.” Charles Baudelaire
Depraved Mankind, Universal Suffering, Hierarchy Flaws, Mankind, Suffering, Hierarchy
Charles Baudelaire Depraved Mankind, Universal Suffering, Hierarchy Flaws, Mankind, Suffering, Hierarchy“It was easy for Nietzsche to praise Wagner in Germany in 1876, but dangerous at Paris in 1861 to declare war on Wagner’s adverse critics. This Baudelaire did.” Charles Baudelaire
Nietzsche Praise, Wagner’s Critics, Artistic Defense, Nietzsche, Wagner, Critics
Charles Baudelaire Nietzsche Praise, Wagner’s Critics, Artistic Defense, Nietzsche, Wagner, Critics“The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.” Charles Baudelaire
Dance Poetry, Music Mystery, Poetic Expression, Dance, Music, Expression
Charles Baudelaire Dance Poetry, Music Mystery, Poetic Expression, Dance, Music, Expression“Man loves man so much that when he flees the city, it is still to seek the crowd, that is, to rebuild the city in the country.” Charles Baudelaire
Crowd Seeking, City Rebuilding, Poetic Irony, Crowd, City, Irony
Charles Baudelaire Crowd Seeking, City Rebuilding, Poetic Irony, Crowd, City, Irony“The more one works, the better one works, and the more one wants to work. The more one produces, the more fertile one grows.” Charles Baudelaire
Work Fertility, Production Cycle, Poetic Industry, Work, Fertility, Production
Charles Baudelaire Work Fertility, Production Cycle, Poetic Industry, Work, Fertility, Production“There lay but the sweetness that charms, and the joy that destroys.” Charles Baudelaire
Charming Sweetness, Destructive Joy, Bitter Pleasure, Sweetness, Joy, Destruction
Charles Baudelaire Charming Sweetness, Destructive Joy, Bitter Pleasure, Sweetness, Joy, Destruction“The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, He cannot walk, his wings are in the way.” Charles Baudelaire
Poet In Clouds, Stormy Day, Ground Struggle, Poet, Clouds, Wings
Charles Baudelaire Poet In Clouds, Stormy Day, Ground Struggle, Poet, Clouds, Wings“It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.” Charles Baudelaire
Drunken Freedom, Martyred Time, Poetic Command, Drunk, Time, Freedom
Charles Baudelaire Drunken Freedom, Martyred Time, Poetic Command, Drunk, Time, Freedom“To be just, that is to say, to justify its existence, criticism should be partial, passionate and political, that is to say, written from an exclusive point of view, but a point of view that opens up the widest horizons.” Charles Baudelaire
Passionate Criticism, Political View, Poetic Justice, Criticism, Justice, View
Charles Baudelaire Passionate Criticism, Political View, Poetic Justice, Criticism, Justice, View“True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin.” Charles Baudelaire
True Civilization, Steam And Gas, Original Sin, Civilization, Sin, Reduction
Charles Baudelaire True Civilization, Steam And Gas, Original Sin, Civilization, Sin, Reduction“There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And so they do succeed.” Charles Baudelaire
Respectable Cowardice, Conviction Of Brigands, Poetic Success, Cowardice, Success, Brigands
Charles Baudelaire Respectable Cowardice, Conviction Of Brigands, Poetic Success, Cowardice, Success, Brigands“This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.” Charles Baudelaire
Hospital Life, Desire For Change, Poetic Metaphor, Life, Change, Metaphor
Charles Baudelaire Hospital Life, Desire For Change, Poetic Metaphor, Life, Change, Metaphor“I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.” Charles Baudelaire
Cat’s Music, Wagner Preference, Poetic Contrast, Cat, Music, Contrast
Charles Baudelaire Cat’s Music, Wagner Preference, Poetic Contrast, Cat, Music, Contrast