“Man, do you think yours is the only soul? Look around you. Everything that you see quivers with being. Though your thoughts are free, one thing you do not think about: the whole. Beasts have a mind; respect it. Flowers too- look at one. Nature brought forth each petal. There is a mystery that sleeps in metal. Everything feels, and has power over you.” ThinkingMenFeelsMindLooksSoulWholeSleepOne ThingMysteryFlowerEnvironmentalBeastOver YouMetalsPetalsQuiver Author:Gerard De Nerval
“The enthusiasm of old men is singularly like that of infancy.” MenAgeEnthusiasmOld ManInfancy Author:Gerard De Nerval
“The first man who compared woman to a rose was a poet; the second, an imbecile.” MenFirstsPoetRoseImbeciles Author:Gerard De Nerval
“L'imagination m'apportait des délices infinies. En recouvrant ce que les hommes appellent la raison, faudra-t-il regretter de les avoir perdues...? My imagination gave me infinite delight. In recovering what men call reason, do I have to regret the loss of these joys?” MenReasonJoyImaginationLossRegretInfiniteDelightMy ImaginationRecoveringLice Author:Gerard De Nerval
