Charles Baudelaire: Hélas! les vices de l’homme, si pleins d’horreur qu’on les suppose, contiennent la preuve (quand ce ne serait que leur i

Hélas! les vices de l’homme, si pleins d’horreur qu’on les suppose, contiennent — Charles Baudelaire

Hélas! les vices de l’homme, si pleins d’horreur qu’on les suppose, contiennent la preuve (quand ce ne serait que leur infinie expansion!) de son goût de l’infini.

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