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# Georges Rodenbach

(1855–1898)   Poet   Belgium

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Georges Rodenbach was a poet from Belgium, best known for *Bruges-La-Morte*.

## Quick Facts About Georges Rodenbach

Born July 16, 1855

Died December 25, 1898

Nationality Belgium

Profession Poet

Notable works Bruges-La-Morte

## About Georges Rodenbach

Georges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach was a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist.

##  Quotes by Georges Rodenbach

> [“The pale water which goes away along paths of silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-pale-water-which-goes-away-along-paths-of-silence/)

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[Pale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pale/)

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> [There are women whose love only ends with death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/there-are-women-whose-love-only-ends-with-death/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“It is distance that creates nostalgia.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/it-is-distance-that-creates-nostalgia/)

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[Creates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creates/)

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> [“—that exquisite sensual pleasure of collectors, who are a tactile species—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/that-exquisite-sensual-pleasure-of-collectors-who-are-a-tactile/)

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[Collector](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collector/)

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> [“Contemporary architecture was of necessity mediocre.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/contemporary-architecture-was-of-necessity-mediocre/)

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[Architecture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architecture/)

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> [“Woman is the window through which we see the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/woman-is-the-window-through-which-we-see-the-world/)

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[Window](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/window/)

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> [Dissonance is as fatal in ailments of the mind as it is in those of the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/dissonance-is-as-fatal-in-ailments-of-the-mind-as-it-is-in-those-of/)

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[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [The beauty of sorrow is superior to the beauty of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-beauty-of-sorrow-is-superior-to-the-beauty-of-life/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [Can there be anything more sad than a girl dying on the day of her first communion, in her new dress. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/can-there-be-anything-more-sad-than-a-girl-dying-on-the-day-of-her/)

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[Brides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brides/)

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> [The essence of art that is at all noble is the DREAM, and this dream dwells only upon what is distant, absent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-essence-of-art-that-is-at-all-noble-is-the-dream-and-this-dream/)

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[Absent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absent/)

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> [The main thing for inner contentment is to be in a state of grace. And there is an artistic state of grace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-main-thing-for-inner-contentment-is-to-be-in-a-state-of-grace-and/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“Thus the tower was both disease and cure. It rendered him unfit for the world and it remedied the hurts inflicted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/thus-the-tower-was-both-disease-and-cure-it-rendered-him-unfit-for/)

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> [“(We) fell out of love with life for having learnt too much of death. ("At School")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/we-fell-out-of-love-with-life-for-having-learnt-too-much-of-death-at/)

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> [“They sensed that nothing needed to be said. In silence, minds understand each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/they-sensed-that-nothing-needed-to-be-said-in-silence-minds/)

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> [“Oh, the vanity of plans! Our lives proceed regardless. All the things we work out in such minute detail slip away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/oh-the-vanity-of-plans-our-lives-proceed-regardless-all-the-things-we/)

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> [“He felt more cheerful, revived by the journey, released from himself and his poor life, uplifted by thoughts of the infinite.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/he-felt-more-cheerful-revived-by-the-journey-released-from-himself/)

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[Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beach/)

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> [“All lovers desire solitude in order to possess each other more completely. They create for each other a new universe inhabited by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/all-lovers-desire-solitude-in-order-to-possess-each-other-more/)

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> [“Now Borluut tried to work out how this had happened to him. Passion flows like a river and it is very difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/now-borluut-tried-to-work-out-how-this-had-happened-to-him-passion/)

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> [“What an austere landscape! Borluut was alone, with nothing but the sky and water. No footsteps, apart from his own, marked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/what-an-austere-landscape-borluut-was-alone-with-nothing-but-the-sky/)

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[Austere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/austere/)

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> [“The windows let in a perfect light, a vibrant light such as you get in the north, where a kind of grey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-windows-let-in-a-perfect-light-a-vibrant-light-such-as-you-get-in/)

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[Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/)

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> [“Is that not what makes it great?' he retorted to his friend. 'Its beauty resides in its silence, and its glory in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/is-that-not-what-makes-it-great-he-retorted-to-his-friend-its-beauty/)

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> [“Yes, it was the love of woman that was the danger, the obstacle on which her dearest wish might founder. How it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/yes-it-was-the-love-of-woman-that-was-the-danger-the-obstacle-on/)

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[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

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> [“The widower reviewed his past in a sunless light which was intensified by the greyness of the November twilight, whilst the bells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-widower-reviewed-his-past-in-a-sunless-light-which-was/)

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[Autumn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autumn/)

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> [“Is not piety itself passion, but passion ennobled, sanctified? The whole of the Catholic liturgy, with its scenery and props, of which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/is-not-piety-itself-passion-but-passion-ennobled-sanctified-the-whole/)

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[Catholic-spirituality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-spirituality/)

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> [“He was still climbing. Here and there doors opened revealing vast rooms, dormitories with heavy joists where bells were sleeping. A vague…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/he-was-still-climbing-here-and-there-doors-opened-revealing-vast/)

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[Bells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bells/)

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> [“He mostly preached in the evening, when the college church was already shrouded in shadow. And he chose subjects that filled the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/he-mostly-preached-in-the-evening-when-the-college-church-was-already/)

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[Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/)

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> [“Was that not the way it ought to be? The beauty of Bruges lay in being dead. From the top of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/was-that-not-the-way-it-ought-to-be-the-beauty-of-bruges-lay-in-being/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [“A great melancholy was hanging in the air, giving their love a more languid, more tender feeling. It was like the love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/a-great-melancholy-was-hanging-in-the-air-giving-their-love-a-more/)

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[Bruges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bruges/)

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> [“Mevr. Cadzand feared for her son who, with his responsive nature, as sensitive as a hothouse plant, was more exposed. Fortunately religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/mevr-cadzand-feared-for-her-son-who-with-his-responsive-nature-as/)

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[Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/)

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> [“Bartholomeus went on, 'I wanted to show that these objects are sensitive, suffer at the coming of night, faint at the departure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/bartholomeus-went-on-i-wanted-to-show-that-these-objects-are/)

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[Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/)

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> [“Then he returned to his theme: 'If so many lovers feel the desire to die and more and more die each day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/then-he-returned-to-his-theme-if-so-many-lovers-feel-the-desire-to/)

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> [“Wilhelmine chatted on, chatted as if emboldened by the gathering dusk. She wasn't afraid any more. She didn't blush any more. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/wilhelmine-chatted-on-chatted-as-if-emboldened-by-the-gathering-dusk/)

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> [“The crowd listened all the more closely for having waited and despaired, especially since this time the bells, ringing softly, demanded a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-crowd-listened-all-the-more-closely-for-having-waited-and/)

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> [“He got carried away as he developed his idea: 'The aesthetic quality of towns is essential. If, as has been said, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/he-got-carried-away-as-he-developed-his-idea-the-aesthetic-quality-of/)

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> [“The spiral staircase suddenly narrows, swirls like a stream drying up. Can he still get through up there, or is he going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/the-spiral-staircase-suddenly-narrows-swirls-like-a-stream-drying-up/)

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> [“In Bruges he had carried out a work which was anonymous and brought no glory, but was seen as admirable once it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/in-bruges-he-had-carried-out-a-work-which-was-anonymous-and-brought/)

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> [“It was van Hulle who had been the initiator of this restoration of their ancestral language to its former glory as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/it-was-van-hulle-who-had-been-the-initiator-of-this-restoration-of/)

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> [“Once he had reached the top, he looked down on the town at his feet. Such repose, such tranquility, what a lesson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/once-he-had-reached-the-top-he-looked-down-on-the-town-at-his-feet/)

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> [“Soon the air of the high place was blowing in through the gaps in the masonry, the open bays, where the wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/soon-the-air-of-the-high-place-was-blowing-in-through-the-gaps-in-the/)

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> [“It could be said that Borluut was in love with the town. But we only have one heart for all our loves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-rodenbach/it-could-be-said-that-borluut-was-in-love-with-the-town-but-we-only/)

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## Georges Rodenbach by topic

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                        "text": "“Once he had reached the top, he looked down on the town at his feet. Such repose, such tranquility, what a lesson in calmness! Seeing it, he was ashamed of his troubled existence. He renounced the love that brought him misery for the love of the town. It took hold of him again, suffusing his entire being as it had done during the first days of the Flemish Movement. How beautiful Bruges still was, seen from above, with its belfries, its pinnacles, its stepped gables like stairs to climb up to the land of dreams, to return to the great days of yesteryear. Among the roofs were canals fanned by the trees, quiet streets with a few women making their way in cloaks, swinging like silent bells. Lethargic peace! The sweetness of renunciation! A queen in exile, the widow of History whose only desire, basically, was to carve her own tomb.”",
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