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Quotes from Le Spleen de Paris — Charles Baudelaire

1821–1867 France

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This life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

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

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

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

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

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

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries out in terror before being defeated.

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

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.

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

What matters an eternity of damnation to someone who has found in one second the infinity of joy?

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

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.

Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

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