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11 quotes by Comte de Lautreamont

Comte de Lautréamont French writer Lautréamont (only known photo) Born Isidore-Lucien Ducasse (1846-04-04)4 April 1846 Montevideo, Uruguay Died 24 November 1870(1870-11-24) (aged 24) Paris Occupation Poet French literature by category French literary history Medieval Renaissance 17th 18th 19th 20th century Contemporary French writers Chronological list Writers by category Essayists Novelists Playwrights Poets Short story writers Portals...
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Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of... →

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Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!

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Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.

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The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.

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When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself... →

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Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in... →

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It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.

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Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius... →

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Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

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I will leave no memoirs.

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Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is... →

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