My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it. - Charles Baudelaire

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My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it.

Charles Baudelaire

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About Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.

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Alternative Names: Baudelaire • Charles Pierre Baudelaire-Dufaÿs • Charles Pierre Baudelaire • Charles-Pierre Baudelaire

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I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.

Ant-swarming city, city abounding in dreams,
Where ghosts in broad daylight accost the passerby!

Il faut travailler, sinon par goût, au moins par désespoir, puisque, tout bien vérifié, travailler est moins ennuyeux que s'amuser.