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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Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

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

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

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the...

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the...

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

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...

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds,...

People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds,...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

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...

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because...

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because...

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have...

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have...

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire...

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire...

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...

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

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

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good...

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...