573 Quotes by Charles Baudelaire

Amer savoir, celui qu'on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling.

Man loves man so much that when he flees the city, it is still to seek the crowd, that is, to rebuild the city in the country.

... cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household...

A study of the Great Malady; horror of home.

Evil comes up softly like a flower.

Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise.

The habit of doing one's duty drives away fear.

Ah! Seigneur! donnez-moi la force et le courage De contempler mon coeur et mon corps sans de go u" t. Lord! give me the strength and the courage To see my heart and my body without disgust.

Ne cherchez plus mon coeur; les be" tes l'ont mange . Don't search any further for my heart; wild beasts ate it.