Ugo Foscolo

Poet Novelist Italian 1778 – 1827

Italian Romantic poet and novelist.

382 quotes

"The deepest philosophy is often hidden in the simplest observations."
Philosophy
"War teaches what peace spends lifetimes trying to unlearn."
War
"The family is the first mirror in which we see ourselves."
Family
"Laughter is the soul's way of refusing defeat."
Humor
"Inspiration strikes not the idle, but those already in motion."
Inspiration
"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem inevitable."
Politics
"Technology extends our reach but cannot extend our wisdom."
Technology
"The music of existence plays loudest in moments of true presence."
Music
"Faith is the conviction that meaning exists even in meaninglessness."
Faith
"Leaders are remembered not for what they commanded, but what they inspired."
Leadership
"Success is not the destination, but the person you become along the way."
Success
"Every day offers a choice between comfort and growth."
Change
"The artist's struggle is noble precisely because it seems futile."
Art
"Happiness is not found but earned through honest living."
Happiness
"The spoken word vanishes, but the written word endures eternally."
Literature
"In the garden of memory, we cultivate both flowers and thorns."
Time
"Those who seek truth must first abandon the comfort of familiar lies."
Truth
"The revolutionary force of ideas cannot be suppressed by any tyrant."
Freedom
"Kindness is the only currency that increases in value when spent."
Kindness
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but its deliberate transgression."
Courage
"The mind that never changes becomes a prison of its own design."
Change
"Learning is the art of listening to voices beyond our own time."
Education
"In knowledge, we inherit the wisdom of all who came before."
Knowledge
"Time is the final artist that sculpts all our works into significance."
Time
"The true face of justice often wears the mask of mercy."
Justice
"Patience teaches what haste can only ruin."
Patience
"Within each moment of weakness dwells the seed of future strength."
Strength
"The deepest power lies in the ability to admit powerlessness."
Power
"Money can buy comfort but never happiness."
Money
"A healthy mind requires solitude as gardens require rest."
Health