Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!
ARTHUR RIMBAUDStronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!
More Arthur Rimbaud Quotes
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I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent.
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A man who wants to mutilate himself is certainly damned, isn’t he?
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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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True life is elsewhere.
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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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In the great glasshouses streaming with condensation, the children in mourning-dress beheld marvels.
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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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Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
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I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.
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Yet this is the watch by night. Let us all accept new strength, and real tenderness. And at dawn, armed with glowing patience, we will enter the cities of glory.
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It is wrong to say: I think. One ought to say: I am thought. I is someone else.
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Faith assuages, guides, restores.
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The wolf howled under the leaves And spit out the prettiest feathers Of his meal of fowl: Like him I consume myself.
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Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!
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The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth.
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