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Quote by Charles Baudelaire
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certaint

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight. – Charles Baudelaire

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The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present. – Charles Baudelaire

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Men often act knowingly against their interest. – David Hume

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