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Us Quotes by Charles Baudelaire
- Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.
- We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this…
- Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty has always found satisfaction.
- Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.
- In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.
- The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things; Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings,…
- It is the greatest art of the devil to convince us he does not exist.
- Since photography gives us every guarantee of exactitude that we could desire (they really believe that, the mad fools !), then photography and art are…
- There is a word, in a verb, something sacred which forbids us from using it recklessly. To handle a language cunningly is to practice a kind…
- Thanks be to God, Who gives us sufferingas sacred remedy for all our sins,that best and purest essence which preparesthe strong in spirit for divine…
- We love women in proportion to their degree of strangeness to us.
- Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical but without rhythm and rhyme,…
- Good sense tells us that earthly things are rare and fleeting, and that true reality exists only in dreams. To draw sustenance from happiness- natural…
- Passion I hate, and spirit does me wrong. Let us love gently.
- It's the devil who pulls the strings that make us dance
- Who among us has not dreamt, in moments of ambition, of the miracle of a poetic prose, musical without rhythm and rhyme, supple and staccato…
- Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!
- Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical but without rhythm and rhyme,…
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- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
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- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
- Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us! — Richard Bach
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong