Amer savoir, celui qu’on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling. — Charles Baudelaire
The immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality. — Charles Baudelaire
From that moment onwards, our loathsome society rushed, like Narcissus, to contemplate — Charles Baudelaire
Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet. — Charles Baudelaire
The old Paris is no more (the form of a city changes faster, alas! than a mortal’s heart). — Charles Baudelaire
What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice. — Charles Baudelaire
For me, Romanticism is the most recent and the most current expression of beauty. — Charles Baudelaire