Good sense tells us that earthly things are rare and fleeting, and that true reality exists only in dreams. To draw sustenance from happiness- natura… - Charles Baudelaire

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliers
Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles;
L’homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles
Qui l’observent avec des regards familiers.

Plonger au fond du gouffre, Enfer ou Ciel, qu'importe? / Au fond de l'Inconnu pour trouver du NOUVEAU! (rough translation : Into the abyss — Heaven or Hell, what difference does it make? / To the depths of the Unknown to find the NEW!)

Isn't it true that a pleasant house makes winter more poetic, and doesn't winter add to the poetry of a house?