“Hypocrite reader — my likeness — my brother!”

Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!
"Au Lecteur" [To the Reader] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Au_lecteur_%28Les_Fleurs_du_mal%29
Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)

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Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!

Les Fleurs du Mal
Les Fleurs du mal, 1857
Variant: Hypocrite lecteur,—mon semblable,—mon frère!

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French poet 1821–1867

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