"La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas." (<i>"The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exis… - Charles Baudelaire

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

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

The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.

There are women who inspire you with the desire to conquer them and to take your pleasure of them; but this one fills you only with the desire to die slowly beneath her gaze.

Fruit free of any bruises, not yet broken open, / With flesh so firm and smooth, it cried out to be eaten!

Tell me, enigmatical man, whom do you love best, your father,
Your mother, your sister, or your brother?
I have neither father, nor mother, nor sister, nor brother.
Your friends?
Now you use a word whose meaning I have never known.
Your country?
I do not know in what latitude it lies.
Beauty?
I could indeed love her, Goddess and Immortal.
Gold?
I hate it as you hate God.
Then, what do you love, extraordinary stranger?
I love the clouds the clouds that pass up there
Up there the wonderful clouds!