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Paris Spleen, 1869
Paris Spleen, 1869 | Charles Baudelaire, Louise Varse
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Baudelaire composed the series of prose poems known as Paris Spleen between 1855 and his death in 1867. He attached great importance to his work in this then unusual form, asking, "Which one of us, in his moments of ambition, has not dreamed of the miracle of a poetic prose, musical, without rhythm and without rhyme, supple enough and rugged enough to adapt itself to the lyrical impulses of the soul, the undulations of reverie, the jibes of conscience?"
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eldiaquemeodies
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Currently reading this little book. It's easy to read and a great way to enter into Baudelaire's world.

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“One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”

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GoneFishing

There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.

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GoneFishing
Paris Spleen, 1869 | Charles Baudelaire, Louise Varse

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

Balibee146 This gets used in The Usual Suspects :-) 8y
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GoneFishing
Paris Spleen, 1869 | Charles Baudelaire, Louise Varse

Be always drunken.
Nothing else matters:
that is the only question.
If you would not feel
the horrible burden of Time
weighing on your shoulders
and crushing you to the earth,
be drunken continually.

Drunken with what?
With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you will.
But be drunken.

And if sometimes,
on the stairs of a palace,
or on the green side of a ditch...

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Paris Spleen, 1869 | Charles Baudelaire, Louise Varse
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You can read this book during your entire life, and you'll find something new every single time. It's not only a book, but a path in Baudelaire's thoughts, everybody's thoughts. Rate: 🎍🎍🎍🎍🎍/🎍🎍🎍🎍🎍