The solitary and thoughtful stroller finds a singular intoxication in this universal communion. The man who loves to lose himself in a crowd enjoys feverish delights that the egoist locked up in himself as in a box, and the slothful man like a mollusk in his shell, will be eternally deprived of. He adopts as his own all the occupations, all the joys and all the sorrows that chance offers. Charles Baudelaire
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  1. The beautiful is always bizarre.

  2. What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.

  3. Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?

  4. Inspiration comes of working every day.

  5. And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!

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