Paul Verlaine

Poet French 1844 – 1896

French Symbolist poet known for lyric and intimate verse.

395 quotes

"I love the beautiful despair of autumn."
Nature
"Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."
Life
"Art is the most beautiful deception of all."
Art
"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances."
Wisdom
"Love is the most beautiful of all passions."
Love
"Music is the art of the prophets."
Music
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement."
Happiness
"Change is the only constant in life."
Change
"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."
Friendship
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is better."
Knowledge
"Time flies like an arrow through the heart."
Time
"Truth is the foundation of all virtue."
Truth
"Freedom is the breath of the soul."
Freedom
"Peace comes from within, not without."
Peace
"In nature, there is no despair, only beauty."
Nature
"Art reveals what reality conceals."
Art
"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated."
Success
"Hope is the last thing we lose."
Hope
"Courage is not the absence of fear."
Courage
"Education is the most powerful weapon."
Education
"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."
Dreams
"Beauty is found in simplicity and grace."
Beauty
"Death is but a sleep and a forgetting."
Death
"Perseverance is the path to all virtues."
Perseverance
"Gratitude multiplies what we have."
Gratitude
"Creativity is intelligence having fun."
Creativity
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Justice
"Patience is a virtue that brings its own reward."
Patience
"Kindness is the language the deaf can hear."
Kindness
"Strength lies not in the body, but the spirit."
Strength