• We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.

  Charles Baudelaire
  French poet 1821-1867
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. strengthens
2. forgetting
3. nightmare
4. pleasure
5. consumes
6. choose

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We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. by : Charles Baudelaire

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