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Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes

Any happiness is a masterpiece Picture Quote #1

Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern Picture Quote #1

Books are not life, only its ashes Picture Quote #1

We say: mad with joy. We should say: wise with grief Picture Quote #1

Everything is too far away in the past, or mysteriously too close Picture Quote #1

All happiness is a form of innocence Picture Quote #1

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One must not fear the words anymore when one consented to the things Picture Quote #1

If I make it, I will carry a pencil instead of the ritual sword Picture Quote #1

But happiness is brittle, and if men and circumstances don’t destroy it, it is threatened by ghosts Picture Quote #1

I believe that friendship, like love, of which it is a particular kind, requires nearly as much art as a successful choreography Picture Quote #1

And nevertheless I have loved certain of my masters, and those strangely intimate though elusive relations existing between student and teacher, and the Sirens singing somewhere within the cracked voice of him who is first to reveal a new idea. The greatest seducer was not Alcibiades, afterall, it was Socrates Picture Quote #1

For me, a poet is someone who is ‘in contact.’ Someone through whom a current is passing Picture Quote #1

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The world is big Â¦ May it please the One who perchance is to expand the human heart to life’s full measure Picture Quote #1

Age means nothing. If anything I feel that I’m still a child: eternity and childhood are my ages Picture Quote #1

One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is hard to tell Picture Quote #1

A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny Picture Quote #1

Every hour has its immediate duty, its special injunction which dominates all others Picture Quote #1

It is not difficult to nourish admirable thoughts when the stars are present Picture Quote #1

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A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print Picture Quote #1

The mask, given time, comes to be the face itself Picture Quote #1

Every invalid is a prisoner Picture Quote #1

Nothing is slower than the true birth of a man Picture Quote #1

Our true birthplace is that in which we cast for the first time an intelligent eye on ourselves. My first homelands were my books Picture Quote #1

Little soul, gentle and drifting, guest and companion of my body, now you will dwell below in pallid places, stark and bare; there you will abandon your play of yore. But one moment still, let us gaze together on these familiar shores, on these objects which doubtless we shall not see again... Let us try, if we can, to enter into death with open eyes Picture Quote #1

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There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty Picture Quote #1

Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has Picture Quote #1

This morning it occurred to me for the first time that my body, my faithful companion and friend, truer and better known to me than my own soul, may be after all only a sly beast who will end by devouring his master Picture Quote #1

The press is too often a distorting mirror, which deforms the people and events it represents, making them seem bigger or smaller than they really are Picture Quote #1

In the evenings the art of building gave way to that of music, which is architecture, too, though invisible Picture Quote #1

Cruelty is the luxury of those who have nothing to do, like drugs or racing stables Picture Quote #1

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Any happiness is a masterpiece (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Books are not life, only its ashes (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) We say: mad with joy. We should say: wise with grief (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Everything is too far away in the past, or mysteriously too close (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) All happiness is a form of innocence (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) One must not fear the words anymore when one consented to the things (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) If I make it, I will carry a pencil instead of the ritual sword (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) But happiness is brittle, and if men and circumstances don’t destroy it, it is threatened by ghosts (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) I believe that friendship, like love, of which it is a particular kind, requires nearly as much art as a successful choreography (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) And nevertheless I have loved certain of my masters, and those strangely intimate though elusive relations existing between student and teacher, and the Sirens singing somewhere within the cracked voice of him who is first to reveal a new idea. The greatest seducer was not Alcibiades, afterall, it was Socrates (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) For me, a poet is someone who is ‘in contact.’ Someone through whom a current is passing (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) The world is big Â¦ May it please the One who perchance is to expand the human heart to life’s full measure. (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Age means nothing. If anything I feel that I’m still a child: eternity and childhood are my ages. (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) One reads thousands of books, of poets, modern and ancient, as one meets thousands of people. What remains of it all is hard to tell (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Every hour has its immediate duty, its special injunction which dominates all others (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) It is not difficult to nourish admirable thoughts when the stars are present (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) The mask, given time, comes to be the face itself (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Every invalid is a prisoner (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Nothing is slower than the true birth of a man (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Our true birthplace is that in which we cast for the first time an intelligent eye on ourselves. My first homelands were my books (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Little soul, gentle and drifting, guest and companion of my body, now you will dwell below in pallid places, stark and bare; there you will abandon your play of yore. But one moment still, let us gaze together on these familiar shores, on these objects which doubtless we shall not see again... Let us try, if we can, to enter into death with open eyes (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) This morning it occurred to me for the first time that my body, my faithful companion and friend, truer and better known to me than my own soul, may be after all only a sly beast who will end by devouring his master (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) The press is too often a distorting mirror, which deforms the people and events it represents, making them seem bigger or smaller than they really are (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) In the evenings the art of building gave way to that of music, which is architecture, too, though invisible (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes) Cruelty is the luxury of those who have nothing to do, like drugs or racing stables (Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes)

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