This collection contains 100 of the most celebrated quotes by the French poet, translator and art and literary critic Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), best known for his controversial collection of poems 'Les Fleurs du Mal' ('The Flowers of Evil') and the quote, 'The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.' Charles-Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867) was a French poet, translator and literary and art critic who is best known for his controversial collection of poems 'Les Fleurs du Mal' (1857; 'The Flowers of Evil'). His poems exhibit a mastery of rhythm and rhyme that were based on the Frenchman?s observations of real life. ?La Chevelure? (?The Head of Hair?), ?Le Voyage? (?The Trip?) and ?Le Cygne? (?The Swan?) are widely acknowledged as poetic masterpieces. Themes of sex, death, lesbianism, metamorphosis, industrialisation, lost innocence and alcohol, caused controversy...
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