"The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both."

Poetry, Development, Drama, State

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"The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both."

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"What a grand thing to be loved! What a grander thing still to lovel."

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"Monsieur Bienvenu was simply a man who accepted these mysterious questions...and who had in his soul a deep respect for the mystery which enveloped them."

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"His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own."

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"To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul."

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"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves-say rather, loved in spite of ourselves."

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"He left her. She was dissatisfied with him. He had preferred to incur her anger rather than cause her pain. He had kept all the pain for himself."

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"Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God."

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"The soul that loves and suffers is in the sublime state."

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"There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit."

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