Quotes by Baudelaire, Charles

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Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and ca >>

Quotations about Gambling

I have to confess that I had gambled on my soul and lost it with heroi >>

No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner. >>

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I have to confess that I had gambled on my soul and lost it with heroic insouciance and lightness of touch. The soul is so impalpable, so often useless, and sometimes such a nuisance, that I felt no more emotion on losing it than if, on a stroll, I had mislaid my visiting card.

Baudelaire, Charles