Oneself Quotes by Charles Baudelaire

8 Oneself quotes by Charles Baudelaire

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Baudelaire’s poetic eye captures the restless soul. In these eight lines, he probes the inner landscape with his characteristic blend of melancholy and insight.

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An artist is only an artist on condition that he neglects no aspect of his dual nature. This dualism is the power…

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One must work, if not from inclination, at least out of despair — since it proves, on close examination, that work is…

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To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing.

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Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

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It is regrettable that, among the Rights of Man, the right of contradicting oneself has been forgotten.

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To be a great man and a saint to oneself, that's the only important thing.

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To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre…

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It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.

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