In order not to feel time’s horrid fardel bruise your shoulders, grinding you into the earth, get drunk and stay that way. On what? On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever. But get drunk!
Charles Baudelaire
Time’s Burden, Drunken Escape, Wine, Poetry, Virtue, Escape
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“Evil comes up softly like a flower.” Charles Baudelaire
Subtle Evil, Poetic Imagery, Hidden Danger, Flower Symbolism, Darkness, Philosophy
Charles Baudelaire Subtle Evil, Poetic Imagery, Hidden Danger, Flower Symbolism, Darkness, Philosophy“In certain almost supernatural states of mind, the profundity of life is revealed in its entirety in the spectacle, common as it may be, that we have before our eyes. It becomes the symbol of it.” Charles Baudelaire
Profound Life, Supernatural States, Poetic Spectacle, Symbolism, Insight, Existence
Charles Baudelaire Profound Life, Supernatural States, Poetic Spectacle, Symbolism, Insight, Existence“It is one of the prodigious privileges of art that the horrific, artistically expressed, becomes beauty, and that sorrow, given rhythm and cadence, fills the spirit with a calm joy.” Charles Baudelaire
Artistic Horror, Beauty In Sorrow, Rhythmic Joy, Art, Beauty, Sorrow
Charles Baudelaire Artistic Horror, Beauty In Sorrow, Rhythmic Joy, Art, Beauty, Sorrow“Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable.” Charles Baudelaire
Modernity Art, Eternal And Immutable, Transitory Fugitive, Modernity, Eternal, Fugitive
Charles Baudelaire Modernity Art, Eternal And Immutable, Transitory Fugitive, Modernity, Eternal, Fugitive“Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!” Charles Baudelaire
Divine Beauty, Heaven And Hell, Aesthetic Wonder, Nature, Eternal, Sublime Appeal
Charles Baudelaire Divine Beauty, Heaven And Hell, Aesthetic Wonder, Nature, Eternal, Sublime Appeal“Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each man's own language - so long as he knows anguish and is a painter.” Charles Baudelaire
Universal Anguish, Sad Religion, Artistic Liberty, Catholicity, Painter, Anguish
Charles Baudelaire Universal Anguish, Sad Religion, Artistic Liberty, Catholicity, Painter, Anguish“Amer savoir, celui qu’on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling.” Charles Baudelaire
Travel Knowledge, Bitter Lessons, Gained Wisdom, Travel, Knowledge, Lessons
Charles Baudelaire Travel Knowledge, Bitter Lessons, Gained Wisdom, Travel, Knowledge, Lessons“Art is an infinitely precious good, a draught both refreshing and cheering which restores the stomach and the mind to the natural equilibrium of the ideal.” Charles Baudelaire
Precious Art, Creative Equilibrium, Restorative Beauty, Art, Precious, Equilibrium
Charles Baudelaire Precious Art, Creative Equilibrium, Restorative Beauty, Art, Precious, Equilibrium“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
Voluptuous Love, Sensual Delight, Evil And Love, Certainty, Birth, Sensuality
Charles Baudelaire Voluptuous Love, Sensual Delight, Evil And Love, Certainty, Birth, Sensuality“To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery.” Charles Baudelaire
Language Sorcery, Skillful Expression, Evocative Power, Communication, Sorcery, Poetic Thought
Charles Baudelaire Language Sorcery, Skillful Expression, Evocative Power, Communication, Sorcery, Poetic Thought“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
Charles Baudelaire Wine And Love, Sweetheart Analogy, Witty Comparison, Wine, Wife, Sweetheart“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 easy to understand why the rabble dislike cats. A cat is beautiful; it suggests ideas of luxury, cleanliness, voluptuous pleasures.” Charles Baudelaire
Cat’s Beauty, Rabble Dislike, Voluptuous Pleasures, Cats, Beauty, Luxury
Charles Baudelaire Cat’s Beauty, Rabble Dislike, Voluptuous Pleasures, Cats, Beauty, Luxury“In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.” Charles Baudelaire
Literature Ethics, Subtle Danger, Aristocratic Isolation, Literature, Ethics, Subtle
Charles Baudelaire Literature Ethics, Subtle Danger, Aristocratic Isolation, Literature, Ethics, Subtle“For me, Romanticism is the most recent and the most current expression of beauty.” Charles Baudelaire
Romanticism Beauty, Current Expression, Artistic Movement, Beauty, Expression, Romanticism
Charles Baudelaire Romanticism Beauty, Current Expression, Artistic Movement, Beauty, Expression, Romanticism“The habit of doing one’s duty drives away fear.” Charles Baudelaire
Duty Habit, Fearless Action, Poetic Responsibility, Duty, Fear, Responsibility
Charles Baudelaire Duty Habit, Fearless Action, Poetic Responsibility, Duty, Fear, Responsibility“It always seems to me that I should feel well in the place where I am not.” Charles Baudelaire
Unsettled Mind, Place Search, Constant Yearning, Discontent, Place, Yearning
Charles Baudelaire Unsettled Mind, Place Search, Constant Yearning, Discontent, Place, Yearning“A book is a garden, a party, a company by the way.” Charles Baudelaire
Book As Garden, Literary Party, Imaginative Company, Book, Garden, Party
Charles Baudelaire Book As Garden, Literary Party, Imaginative Company, Book, Garden, Party