More Quotes by Charles Baudelaire
I can barely conceive a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life.
The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, & which life reveals is the most living proof of our immortality.
The immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality.
He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window.
All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.
No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start. It becomes a nightmare.
Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?
Let us beware of common folk, common sense, sentiment, inspiration, and the obvious.
I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.