The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries out in terror before being defeated.
• III: "Le Confiteor de l'artiste" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Petits_Po%C3%A8mes_en_prose_-_III._Le_Confiteor_de_l%27artiste
• III: "Le Confiteor de l'artiste" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Petits_Po%C3%A8mes_en_prose_-_III._Le_Confiteor_de_l%27artiste
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L'étude du beau est un duel où l'artiste crie de frayeur avant d'être vaincu.
— Charles Baudelaire
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "L'étude du beau est un duel où l'artiste crie de frayeur avant d'être vaincu." in the context of "The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries out in terror before being defeated.
• III: "Le Confiteor de l'artiste" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Petits_Po%C3%A8mes_en_prose_-_III._Le_Confiteor_de_l%27artiste" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Charles Baudelaire" (Quotes, Le Spleen de Paris (1862))
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About Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.
About Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.
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