If wine were to disappear from human production, I believe it would cause an absence, a failure in health and intellect, a void much more terrifying than all the recesses and the deviations for which wine is regarded as responsible.
Charles Baudelaire
Wine Disappearance, Health Intellect, Terrifying Void, Wine, Health, Void
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“I have cultivated my hysteria with delight and terror. Now I suffer continually from vertigo, and today, 23rd of January, 1862, I have received a singular warning, I have felt the wind of the wing of madness pass over me.” Charles Baudelaire
Hysteria Delight, Madness Warning, Terrifying Cultivation, Hysteria, Madness, Terror
Charles Baudelaire Hysteria Delight, Madness Warning, Terrifying Cultivation, Hysteria, Madness, Terror“The more delicate and ambitious the soul, the further do dreams estrange it from possible things.” Charles Baudelaire
Dreams And Estrangement, Ambitious Soul, Delicate Spirit, Dreams, Possibility, Estrangement
Charles Baudelaire Dreams And Estrangement, Ambitious Soul, Delicate Spirit, Dreams, Possibility, Estrangement“In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its point of departure. To conclude is to close a circle.” Charles Baudelaire
Philosophical Curve, Circle Closure, Poetic Inquiry, Philosophy, Inquiry, Closure
Charles Baudelaire Philosophical Curve, Circle Closure, Poetic Inquiry, Philosophy, Inquiry, Closure“An artist is only an artist on condition that he neglects no aspect of his dual nature. This dualism is the power of being oneself and someone else at one and the same time.” Charles Baudelaire
Artist’s Duality, Neglecting Nothing, Poetic Power, Artist, Duality, Power
Charles Baudelaire Artist’s Duality, Neglecting Nothing, Poetic Power, Artist, Duality, Power“Today I had a strange warning. I felt the wind of insanity brush my mind.” Charles Baudelaire
Strange Warning, Insanity Wind, Poetic Brush, Warning, Insanity, Wind
Charles Baudelaire Strange Warning, Insanity Wind, Poetic Brush, Warning, Insanity, Wind“A Dandy does nothing.” Charles Baudelaire
Idle Elegance, Dandy Lifestyle, Effortless Persona, Inactivity, Style, Nonchalance
Charles Baudelaire Idle Elegance, Dandy Lifestyle, Effortless Persona, Inactivity, Style, Nonchalance“Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother!” Charles Baudelaire
Reader Hypocrisy, Shared Struggle, Brotherhood, Hypocrisy, Reader, Brotherhood
Charles Baudelaire Reader Hypocrisy, Shared Struggle, Brotherhood, Hypocrisy, Reader, Brotherhood“My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil’s best trick is to persuade you that he doesn’t exist!” Charles Baudelaire
Devil’s Trick, Enlightenment Progress, Human Deception, Belief, Awareness, Trick
Charles Baudelaire Devil’s Trick, Enlightenment Progress, Human Deception, Belief, Awareness, Trick“Do you come from Heaven or rise from the abyss, Beauty?” Charles Baudelaire
Heaven Or Abyss, Beauty’s Origin, Poetic Question, Beauty, Heaven, Abyss
Charles Baudelaire Heaven Or Abyss, Beauty’s Origin, Poetic Question, Beauty, Heaven, Abyss“It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an instant, that there are higher, wider, and rarer joys than theirs.” Charles Baudelaire
Humble Pride, Wider Joys, Happiness Perspective, Pride, Joys, Happiness
Charles Baudelaire Humble Pride, Wider Joys, Happiness Perspective, Pride, Joys, Happiness“He whose thoughts, like skylarks, Toward the morning sky take flight – Who hovers over life and understands with ease the language of flowers and silent things!” Charles Baudelaire
Skylark Thoughts, Morning Flight, Poetic Understanding, Thoughts, Sky, Understanding
Charles Baudelaire Skylark Thoughts, Morning Flight, Poetic Understanding, Thoughts, Sky, Understanding“Remembering is only a new form of suffering.” Charles Baudelaire
Memory Suffering, Painful Reflection, Poetic Insight, Nostalgia, Human Mind, Sadness
Charles Baudelaire Memory Suffering, Painful Reflection, Poetic Insight, Nostalgia, Human Mind, Sadness“Here comes the time when, vibrating on its stem, every flower fumes like a censer; noises and perfumes circle in the evening air.” Charles Baudelaire
Flower Vibration, Poetic Scents, Evening Circle, Perfume, Flower, Noise
Charles Baudelaire Flower Vibration, Poetic Scents, Evening Circle, Perfume, Flower, Noise“It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.” Charles Baudelaire
Art Birth, Criticism Origins, Creative Judgment, Art, Criticism, Birth
Charles Baudelaire Art Birth, Criticism Origins, Creative Judgment, Art, Criticism, Birth“The idea which man forms of beauty imprints itself throughout his attire, rumples or stiffens his garments, rounds off or aligns his gestures, and, finally, even subtly penetrates the features of his face.” Charles Baudelaire
Beauty’s Influence, Poetic Imprint, Attire, Gestures, Face
Charles Baudelaire Beauty’s Influence, Poetic Imprint, Attire, Gestures, Face“Within the bottle’s depths, the wine’s soul sang one night. Drink wine, drink poetry, drink virtue.” Charles Baudelaire
Wine’s Soul, Poetic Indulgence, Drink, Poetry, Virtue
Charles Baudelaire Wine’s Soul, Poetic Indulgence, Drink, Poetry, Virtue“It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.” Charles Baudelaire
Victim Executioner, Poetic Duality, Alternating Roles, Victim, Executioner, Roles
Charles Baudelaire Victim Executioner, Poetic Duality, Alternating Roles, Victim, Executioner, Roles“Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary.” Charles Baudelaire
Cat Lovers, Scholarly Sensitivity, Poetic Companions, Cats, Scholars, Lovers
Charles Baudelaire Cat Lovers, Scholarly Sensitivity, Poetic Companions, Cats, Scholars, Lovers