Baudelaire

Famous quotes containing the word baudelaire:

“Being a useful man has always seemed to me to be something truly hideous.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

“There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is a desire to climb higher; that of Satan, or animality, is delight in descent.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

“You are the majority—in number and intelligence; therefore you are the force—which is justice. Some are scholars, others are owners; a glorious day will come when the scholars will be owners and the owners scholars. Then your power will be complete, and no man will protest against it.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)