Charles Baudelaire – Al lettore / To the reader
Bernardino Parentino (1437-1531), The Temptation of St. Anthony Folly, error, sin, avarice occupy our minds and labor our bodies, and we feed our pleasant remorse as beggars nourish their vermin.Our sins are obstinate, our repentance is faint; we exact a high price for our confessions, and we gaily return to the miry path, believing that base tears wash away all our …