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 nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.
Charles Baudelaire quote A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors.
Charles Baudelaire quote A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.
Charles Baudelaire quote A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.
Charles Baudelaire quote Always be a poet, even in prose.
Charles Baudelaire quote Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
Charles Baudelaire quote For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
Charles Baudelaire quote I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.
Charles Baudelaire quote Biography
French poet 1821-67
