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Charles Baudelaire Quotes

Biography: Charles Baudelaire is known for his seminal work "Les Fleurs du mal" (... more Biography: Charles Baudelaire is known for his seminal work "Les Fleurs du mal" (The Flowers of Evil). A pioneering French poet, Baudelaire's influence extends to modernism and symbolism. His work delves into themes of beauty, decadence, and the macabre, reflecting the complexities of 19th-century Parisian life. less

"The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist"

Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Belief, Existence, Skepticism

"In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates - and isolation brings its own reward"

Tags: Philosophy, Ethics, Literature, Society, Danger

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery"

Tags: Communication, Expression, Language, Linguistics, Skill

"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors"

Tags: Wisdom, Knowledge, Literature, Nature, Imagination

"Always be a poet, even in prose"

Tags: Inspiration, Philosophy, Creativity, Literature, Expression

"The beautiful is always bizarre"

Tags: Inspiration, Philosophy, Creativity, Art, Beauty

"To say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words"

Tags: Authenticity, Communication, Expression, Clarity, Language