What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has… - Charles Baudelaire

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What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?

Charles Baudelaire

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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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Le Poète est semblable au prince des nuées
Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l’archer;
Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées,
Ses ailes de géant l’empêchent de marcher.

"La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas."

("The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.")

Today I felt pass over me / A breath of wind from the wings of madness.

What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight? - Charles Baudelaire

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