But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDTrue life is elsewhere.
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! – But the great Faith is Love!
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One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.
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As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen.
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The northern lights rise like a kiss to the sea.
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What is my nothingness to the stupor that awaits you?
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I shed more tears than God could ever have required.
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Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don’t know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer everyone. No one will kill you, any more than if you were a corpse.
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Come from forever, and you will go everywhere.
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O seasons, O castles, What soul is without flaws? All its lore is known to me, Felicity, it enchants us all.
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I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.
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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
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To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?
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A thousand Dreams within me softly burn: From time to time my heart is like some oak Whose blood runs golden where a branch is torn.
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You feel on your lips a kiss Fluttering, a tiny scrap of life.
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Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!
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