What matters an eternity of damnation to someone who has found in one second the infinity of joy?
• IX: "Le Mauvais Vitrier" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Petits_Po%C3%A8mes_en_prose_-_IX._Le_Mauvais_Vitrier
• IX: "Le Mauvais Vitrier" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Petits_Po%C3%A8mes_en_prose_-_IX._Le_Mauvais_Vitrier
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Mais qu'importe l'éternité de la damnation à qui a trouvé dans une seconde l'infini de la jouissance?
— Charles Baudelaire
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Mais qu'importe l'éternité de la damnation à qui a trouvé dans une seconde l'infini de la jouissance?" in the context of "What matters an eternity of damnation to someone who has found in one second the infinity of joy?
• IX: "Le Mauvais Vitrier" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Petits_Po%C3%A8mes_en_prose_-_IX._Le_Mauvais_Vitrier" 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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