Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry
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Chapter 79 No.79

Politique. I have no convictions, as the men of my age understand the term, because I have no ambition.

There is no basis in me for conviction.

There is a certain cowardice, or rather a certain softness, in honest men.

The brigands alone are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. Therefore, they succeed.

Why should I succeed, when I

            
            

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