"It is the hour to be drunken! to escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish"
- Charles Baudelaire
About this Quote
This quote by Charles Baudelaire encourages us to take a break from the dullness of life and to be "intoxicated" on something that brings us delight. He suggests that we can be intoxicated on wine, poetry, or virtue, depending on our preference. Baudelaire is suggesting that we ought to take a break from the constraints of time and be free from the "martyred servants of time". He is motivating us to take a break from the mundane and to discover something that brings us pleasure and to enjoy it. This could be anything from checking out a book, to choosing a walk, to having a glass of wine. Baudelaire is recommending that we must take a break from the everyday and discover something that brings us delight and to be "intoxicated" on it. This quote motivates us to take a break from the ordinary and to find something that brings us delight and to enjoy it.
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