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.”

From The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 37

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

Donna Giovanna, Act IV, scene iii.

“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.”

Donna Giovanna, Act IV, scene iii.
Theater Quotes

“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.”

Donna Giovanna, Act II, scene ii.
Theater Quotes

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

Donna Giovanna, Act I, scene iii.
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