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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses
I learnt life from the poets
Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence
Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand
Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet
To a poet nothing can be useless
There are two kinds of poets: those who feel and those who express themselves. The former are happier
Poets and men of action differ: the former yield to their feelings in order to reproduce them in lively colors, and therefore judge only ex post facto; the latter feel and judge at one and the same time
Are not poets men who fulfill their hopes prematurely?
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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