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""In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates - and isolation brings its own reward""To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery""A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors""Always be a poet, even in prose""The beautiful is always bizarre""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"

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