Menotti Lerro: Quotes about life

Menotti Lerro is Italian poet. Explore interesting quotes on life.

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“If life is a mixture of drained rivers / which carry to the sea echoes of water, / we are nothing but shadows – / reflected lights of dead bodies without no possible outlet or shore.”

Menotti Lerro

From The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 37

Light , Water , Sea , Dead

“Men were born to die! Life has only one purpose: to understand the sense of your own misery.”

Menotti Lerro

Donna Giovanna, Act IV, scene iii.

Understanding , Sense , Life , Men

“I’ve never been afraid to die. Death in my dreams is a walk, compared to what we call life. If I have to fall, I want to do it my way, without anybody supporting me or pushing me.”

Menotti Lerro

Donna Giovanna, Act IV, scene iii.
Theater Quotes

Death , Support , Dreams , Way

“Yes, warn her! Warn her that I’ve decided to put an end to her existence. Life is nothing but a river destined to dry itself, a source kept luxuriant for a few years by the rain that falls from our own eyes.”

Menotti Lerro

Donna Giovanna, Act II, scene ii.
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Life

“We deceive ourselves to be the same for our whole life, instead we are other every moment.”

Menotti Lerro

Donna Giovanna, Act I, scene iii.
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Life