“Race of Cain, ascend to heaven, And cast God down upon the earth!” — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Blessed art Thou, Lord, who giveth suffering As a divine remedy for our impurities. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the other towards Satan — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Thanks be to God, Who gives us sufferingas sacred remedy for all our sins,that best and purest essence which preparesthe strong in… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“Thanks be to God, Who gives us suffering as sacred remedy for all our sins, that best and purest essence which prepares… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire “The second greatest trick the Devil ever… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Tell me, enigmatical man, whom do you love best, your father, Your mother, your sister, or your brother? I have neither father,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature? — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire “The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“This life is a hospital in which each patient is possessed by the desire to change beds. One wants to suffer in front of… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
But the true voyagers are only those who leave Just to be leaving; hearts light, like balloons, They never turn aside from their fatality… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Amer savoir, celui qu'on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“I can barely conceive a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.” — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
The vices of man, as full of horror as one might suppose them to be, contain the proof (if in nothing else but their… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
