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Quote by Charles Baudelaire
Il faut être toujours ivre. Tout est là : c’est l’unique question.
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The quote presents being drunk as a constant requirement and declares it the only matter that counts. Its blunt wording leaves no room for competing concerns: everything is reduced to the demand to remain intoxicated. The repetition gives the statement an absolute, uncompromising force.
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
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- Official Statement
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