Occupation: Author Birth: June 6, 1799 Death: February 10, 1837
Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths..
It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all..
As long as there is one heart on Earth where I still live, my memory will not die..
If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason..
I loved you; even now I may confess, Some embers of my love their fire retain; But do not let it cause you more distress, I do not want to sadden you….
I have outlasted all desire, My dreams and I have grown apart; My grief alone is left entire, The gleamings of an empty heart. The storms of ruthless….
Please, never despise the translator. He's the mailman of human civilization..
Then came a moment of renaissance, I looked up - you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that`s beautiful and rare..
With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm..
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth..
A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths..
It's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the luxury of his ….
Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions..
The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of phil….
Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry..
I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust..
Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him..
Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool..
My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..
I want to understand you, I study your obscure language..
Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse..