Occupation: Poet Birth: April 16, 1844 Death: October 12, 1924
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe..
The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity..
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned.
What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols..
There is only one science, love, one riches, love, only one policy, love. To make love is all the law and the prophets..
God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves..
We chase dreams and embrace shadows..
He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice..
Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant..
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel..
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving..
Lack of understanding is a great power. Sometimes it enables men to conquer the world..
In order that knowledge be properly digested it must have been swallowed with a good appetite..
It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom..
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue..
Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal..
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one..
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently..
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order..
Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it..
We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent..