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Charles Baudelaire on Love

1821–1867 France

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Unable to do away with love, the Church found a way to decontaminate it by creating marriage.

Journaux intimes (1864)

To love intelligent women is the pleasure of a pederast.

Journaux intimes (1864)

The act of love strongly resembles torture or surgery.

Journaux intimes (1864)

The unique and supreme pleasure of love lies in the certainty of doing evil–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil.

Journaux intimes (1864)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Charles Baudelaire (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.