Occupation: Poet Birth: October 30, 1871 Death: July 20, 1945
In the physical world, one cannot increase the size or quantity of anything without changing its quality. Similar figures exist only in pure geometry..
Stupidity is not my strong suit..
Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal..
Everything changes but the avant-garde..
Oh, hasten not this loving act, Rapture where self and not-self meet: My life has been the awaiting you, Your footfall was my own heart's beat..
We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that p….
If what has happened in the one person were communicated directly to the other, all art would collapse, all the effects of art would disappear..
Man cannot bear his own portrait. The image of his limits and his own determinacy exasperates him, drives him mad..
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well..
Growing nations should remember that, in nature, no tree, though placed in the best conditions of light, soil, and plot, can continue to grow and spr….
The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stabil….
We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long..
You have certainly observed the curious fact that a given word which is perfectly clear when you hear it or use it in everyday language, and which do….
It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object..
Conscience reigns but it does not govern..
Science is a collection of successful recipes..
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false..
We are enriched by our reciprocate differences..
Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift..
The only treaties that ought to count are those which would effect a settlement between ulterior motives..
Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken..