“I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant?” ThinkingMenHas BeensIgnoranceLowsJudgedAbyssPessimistEgoismTriumphant Author:Eugenio Montale
“Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.” ThinkingMenWorkProduceAssistanceWorms Book:Poet in our time Source: Poet in our time
“The new man is born too old to tolerate the new world. The present conditions of life have not yet erased the traces of the past. We run too fast, but we still do not move enough. He looks but he does not contemplate, he sees but he does not think.” ThinkingMenWorldFeelsLooksDoeMadeStillsEnoughRunningPastMovingBornConditionsNew WorldRunning AwayContemplatingTolerate Author:Eugenio Montale
