“Are you emerging from the black abyss or descending from the stars?
Destiny follows your petticoats like a dog;
You randomly sow joy and disaster
And you rule everything and answer for nothing.”

“Whether spawned by hell or sprung from the stars,
Fate like a spaniel follows at your heel ;
you sow haphazard fortune and despair,
ruling all things, responsible for none.”

(Baudelaire – Hymn to beauty)