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The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

Charles Baudelaire
Prayer, Sleep, Men
Charles Baudelaire, Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden (2006). “Intimate Journals”, p.111, Courier Corporation

The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

Charles Baudelaire
Sleep, Mirrors, Sublime

Drowsing, they take the noble attitude of a great sphinx, who, in a desert land, sleeps always, dreaming dreams that have no end.

Charles Baudelaire
Dream, Attitude, Sleep

A precious liquid, a poison dearer than that of the Borgias - because it is made from our blood, our health, our sleep, and two-thirds of our love - we must be stingy with it.

Charles Baudelaire
Hate, Sleep, Blood

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