Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.
More Quotes from Charles Baudelaire:
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.Charles Baudelaire
To lepers and to outcasts thou dost show - that passion is the paradise below
Charles Baudelaire
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
France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic.
Charles Baudelaire
I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.
Charles Baudelaire
Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.
Charles Baudelaire
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Inspirational Quotes, Sense & Perception QuotesWe should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
George Washington
When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.
Jose Carreras
I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
Tatum ONeal