Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire; April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 April 1821
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
love taste facts
Love is a taste for prostitution. In fact, there is no noble pleasure that cannot be reduced to Prostitution.
respect soldier three
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.
escape hour poetry slaves time
It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
dishonor fish swimming
I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water.
shown thank
Thank you. You have shown me the way back to myself.
literature aristocracy ethics
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.
cannon directions fly happiness hear humanity limbs performing sacrifice search victims
The cannon thunders - limbs fly in all directions - one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice - it's Humanity in search of happiness
charming
Here is the charming evening, the criminal's friend. It comes like an accomplice, with stealthy tread.
listen night soft
Listen, my darling, listen to soft night approaching.
astonishment essentials unexpected
That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty.
absolutely against liking melancholy remedy
As a remedy against all ills; poverty, sickness, and melancholy only one thing is absolutely necessary; a liking for work.
accept conditions human life man sells
Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul.
breath wind wings
A breath of wind from the wings of madness.
satan towards
There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the other towards Satan