Charles Baudelaire1821–1867The quotations of
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic
1821–1867
6 quotes, most often on Good & Evil.
The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.
“Le Joueur généreux” (1864), in Le Spleen de Paris- Mon cœur mis à nu (1864)
- Le Spleen de Paris (1862), XXVIII: “La Fausse Monnaie”
- “Ébauche d’un épilogue pour la 2e édition,” Les Fleurs du Mal (1861), Appendice II: Autres pièces
This life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.
“Anywhere Out of the World”, Le Spleen de Paris (1869)- XIV: “Théophile Gautier” , as translated in The Idea of Poetry in France: From Houdar de La Motte to Baudelaire (1958) by Margaret Gilman, p. 263
