Author: Maurice Maeterlinck

Quotes

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.

No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.

Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

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