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Charles Baudelaire Quotes

Charles Baudelaire quotes about life

French Poet, Critic April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867

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The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find. Charles Baudelaire
Ascend beyond the sickly atmosphereto a higher plane, and purify yourselfby drinking as if it were ambrosiathe fire that fills and fuels Emptiness. Free from the futile strivings and the careswhich dim existence to a realm of mist, happy is he who wings an upward wayon mighty pinions to the fields of light; whose thoughts like larks spontaneously riseinto the morning sky; whose flight, unchecked, outreaches life and readily comprehendsthe language of flowers and of all mute things. Charles Baudelaire
Evading all the boredom, all the vast chagrin / That load their heaviness upon this fog-bound life, / Happy is he who on a stalwart wing can knife / Across the haze to meadows shining and serene! Happy is he whose thoughts soar like the lark to sing, / As through the morning skies, in freedom, he ascends, / - Who, gazing down on life, completely comprehends / The language of the flowers and every speechless thing! Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously,..."
And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful! Charles Baudelaire
There is but a single second in a man’s life whose mission is to bring good news – the good news, which strikes such inexplicable terror into everyone. Yes, Time rules again; he has resumed his brutal tyranny. And he drives me on, as if I were an ox, with his duplicate threat: ‘Get on with it, churl! Sweat, slave! Live, and be damned! Charles Baudelaire
This life is a hospital where every patient is possessed with the desire to change beds; one man would like to suffer in front of the stove, and another believes that he would recover his health beside the window. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed..."
This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed. Charles Baudelaire
What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory..."
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what..."
Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose? Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, &..."
The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, & which life reveals is the most living proof of our immortality. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his..."
Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul. Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire quote: "I ask every thinking man to show me what remains of life."
I ask every thinking man to show me what remains of life. Charles Baudelaire
If rape or arson, poison or the knife. Has wove no pleasing patterns in the stuff. Of this drab canvas we accept as life -It is because we are not bold enough! Charles Baudelaire
The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it. Charles Baudelaire

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