Charles Baudelaire

Life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed by the desire of changing his bed. One would prefer to suffer near the fire, and another is certain he would get well if he were by the window.

The pleasure of being in crowds is a mysterious expression of sensual joy in the multiplication of Number.

It appears on close examination, that work is less boring than amusing oneself.

Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but now without poetry.

It is regrettable that, among the Rights of Man, the right of contradicting oneself has been forgotten.

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