Flesh is willing, but the Soul requires Sisyphean patience … - Charles Baudelaire

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Flesh is willing, but the Soul requires
Sisyphean patience for its song,
Time, Hippocrates remarked, is short
and Art is long.

Charles Baudelaire

Les Fleurs du Mal · October 1, 1983 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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

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Pen Names: Pierre de Fayis

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

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Flesh is willing, but the Soul requires Sisyphean patience for its song, Time, Hippocrates remarked, is short and Art is long. - Charles Baudelaire

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