Ugo Foscolo

Poet Novelist Italian 1778 – 1827

Italian Romantic poet and novelist.

382 quotes

"Perseverance is the refusal to accept defeat as final."
Perseverance
"Strength of mind precedes strength of body."
Strength
"Fear whispers that we are unworthy of greatness."
Fear
"Change is painful only to those who resist it."
Change
"Education opens doors that circumstance had locked."
Education
"Hope is the oxygen of the wounded soul."
Hope
"In silence, music speaks its deepest truth."
Music
"Science and poetry are siblings separated at birth."
Science
"Philosophy teaches us to question what we take for granted."
Philosophy
"Love is the only investment that guarantees no return."
Love
"Politics is the art of compromise with one's principles."
Politics
"Relationships are the text in which we read our own souls."
Relationships
"Humor is the crown jewel of human resilience."
Humor
"Technology amplifies what was always within us."
Technology
"History is the verdict of time on human ambition."
History
"In death, we finally understand the value of a single moment."
Death
"The artist is the conscience of civilization."
Art
"The tombs of the great are empty, but their words live eternally in the hearts of men."
"In solitude, the soul finds the truth it seeks in crowded halls."
Solitude
"Beauty is the language that speaks when all words have failed."
Beauty
"To love is to surrender one's armor and stand vulnerable before another."
Love
"The chains of tyranny are forged one link at a time through indifference."
Freedom
"A nation that forgets its poets forgets its own humanity."
Literature
"Grief teaches us the value of what we possessed before sorrow came."
Wisdom
"The mind, like the ocean, contains depths that few dare to explore."
Knowledge
"Death is not the enemy; the true enemy is living without purpose."
Death
"In the hearts of patriots lies the true wealth of nations."
Politics
"Music bridges the distance between what we feel and what we can express."
Music
"The price of freedom is the courage to face our own mortality."
Courage
"Let your verse be a torch in the darkness of ignorance."
Education