What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.

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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my...

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my...

Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how...

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how...

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor...

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor...

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they...

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they...

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth...

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth...

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was...

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was...

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are...

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are...

At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment,...

At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment,...

Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.

Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal...

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove...

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove...