Octavio Paz Famous Quotes



Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

"Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual."

"'Art' is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers. What we call art is a game."


Octavio Paz Quotations






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Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Gen Joseph Stilwell

Serious Sincere Systematic Service Surely Secures Supreme Success.
Unknown

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle

"The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense."
Jacob August Riis

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Dwight D Eisenhower

"Success is never final, but failure can be."
Bill Parcells

"I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my life."
Anthony Perkins

What passing bells for these who die as cattleOnly the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons.
Wilfred Owen

A year from now you may wish you had started today.
Karen Lamb

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."
Bertrand Russell