Baudelaire

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    The idea which man forms of beauty imprints itself throughout his attire, rumples or stiffens his garments, rounds off or aligns his gestures, and, finally, even subtly penetrates the features of his face.
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

    The immense profundity of thought in vulgar locutions, like holes dug by generations of ants.
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

    I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)