Ne cherchez plus mon cœur; des monstres l’ont mangé." - Meaning and context.">
Do not look for my heart any more; the beasts have eaten it.
 • "Causerie" [Conversation] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal/1857/Causerie
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Ne cherchez plus mon cœur; des monstres l’ont mangé.

— Charles Baudelaire

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ne cherchez plus mon cœur; des monstres l’ont mangé." in the context of "Do not look for my heart any more; the beasts have eaten it.
 • "Causerie" [Conversation] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal/1857/Causerie" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Charles Baudelaire

About Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.