Charles Baudelaire - Le Spleen de Paris (1855)

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There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.

Charles Baudelaire

Which one of us has not dreamed, on ambitious days, of the miracle of a poetic prose: musical, without rhythm or rhyme; adaptable enough and discordant enough to conform to the lyrical movements of the soul, the waves of reverie, the jolts of consciousness?

Charles Baudelaire

What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?

Charles Baudelaire

What good is it to accomplish projects, when the project itself is enjoyment enough?

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To be wicked is never excusable, but there is some merit in knowing that you are; the most irreparable of vices is to do evil from stupidity.

Charles Baudelaire

The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.

Charles Baudelaire

The soul is a thing so impalpable, so often useless and sometimes so embarrassing that I suffered, upon losing it, a little less emotion than if I had mislaid, while out on a stroll, my calling-card.

Charles Baudelaire