"Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock……" — Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
"Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock phrases, within which every man twists and turn until his death. His vocabulary, which seems so lavish, reduces itself to a hundred routine formulas at most, which he repeats over and over."
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Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
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10 Quotes by Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
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If our Gods and our hopes are nothing but scientific phenomena, then let us admit it must be said that…
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I have come with this message: since our gods and our aspirations are no longer anything but scientific, why shouldn't…
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Dead voices, lost sounds, forgotten noises, vibrations lockstepping into the abyss and now too distant ever to be recaptured!...What sort…
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I am a man who knows nothing, guesses sometimes, finds frequently and who's always amazed.
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There are some wounds that one can heal only by deepening them and making them worse.
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Uncertainty is a quality to be cherished, therefore – if not for it, who would dare to undertake anything?
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Thoughts and feelings change sometimes, as one crosses the frontiers.
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Brunettes are full of electricity.
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My own self-consciousness cries out to me coldly: how does one love zero?
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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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