Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself. — Charles Baudelaire
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life. — Charles Baudelaire
Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams. — Charles Baudelaire
Even if it were proven that God didn’t exist, religion would still be saintly and divine. — Charles Baudelaire
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. — Charles Baudelaire
Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. — Charles Baudelaire
For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved. — Charles Baudelaire
Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic. — Charles Baudelaire
How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! but remembering is only a new form of suffering. — Charles Baudelaire
I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust. — Charles Baudelaire
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. — Charles Baudelaire
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world — Charles Baudelaire
Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious. — Charles Baudelaire
This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. — Charles Baudelaire