“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.”
Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979) German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist
Martin Svoboda
Verified author @quick, member from April 4, 2011
“I shed more tears than God could ever have required.”
Arthur Rimbaud book Illuminations
Source: Illuminations
“I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent”
Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) French Decadent and Symbolist poet
Source: A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat
“A thousand Dreams within me softly burn”
Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) French Decadent and Symbolist poet
“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist
“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”
Alexandre Dumas book The Three Musketeers
Source: The Three Musketeers
“I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.”
Guy De Maupassant (1850–1893) French writer
As quoted in "Guy De Maupassant : A Study" by Pol Neveux, in Original Short Stories http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3090
“A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one.”
Guy De Maupassant (1850–1893) French writer
"A Wife's Confession"
“All thinking men are atheists.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
Source: A Farewell to Arms (1929), Ch. 2
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut!”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
From a set of "rules for life" sent to publisher Charles Scribner IV; quoted in Scribner's memoir In the Company of Writers (New York: Scribner, 1991), p. 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=yYdHGtlgIsYC&pg=PA64&dq=hemingway+%22rules+for+life%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-zvyfgNDMAhUJ_mMKHU6zDrYQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=%20%22rules%20for%20life%22&f=false
“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises
Source: The Sun Also Rises
“Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.”
Albert Camus book The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Absurd Creation
Context: Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.
Any thought that abandons unity glorifies diversity! And diversity is the home of art. The only thought to liberate the mind is that which leaves it alone, certain of its limits and of its impending end. No doctrine tempts it. It awaits the ripening of the work and of life. <!-- 116