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Maurice Maeterlinck, born on August 29, 1862, and died on May 6, 1949, was a renowned Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist. He is best known for his symbolism and symbolic drama, which deeply explored themes such as life, death, religion, and the universe. Maeterlinck's works have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature.

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Famous Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

“Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?”

Ifs Knows Would Be Humanity Nature Flower Spring Flowers

Book:The Double Garden: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: The Double Garden: Works of Maeterlinck

“Brave old-flowers! Wall-flowers, Gilly flowers, Stocks! For even as the field-flowers, from which a trifle, a ray of beauty, a drop of perfume, divides them, they have charming names, the softest in the language; and each of them, like tiny, art-less ex-votos, or like medals bestowed by the gratitude of men, proudly bears three or four.”

Men Art Three Names Language Four Fields Flower Wall Bears Gratitude Bravery Brave Tiny Divides Rays Charming Perfume Exes Medal Trifles

Book:Old Fashioned Flowers: And Other Out-of-door Studies

Source: Old Fashioned Flowers: And Other Out-of-door Studies

“Every year, in November, at the season that follows the hour of the dead, the crowning and majestic hours of autumn, I go to visit the chrysanthemums ... They are indeed, the most universal, the most diverse of flowers.”

Years Hours Flower Seasons Universal Autumn Diverse November Majestic Chrysanthemums

Book:Hours of Gladness

Source: Hours of Gladness

“Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.”

Long Soul Joy Hours Forget Flower Goodness Peaceful Height Contentment Never Forget Inner Life

Book:Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

“Sacrifice may be a flower that virtue will pluck on its road, but it was not to gather this flower that virtue set forth on its travels.”

May Virtue Sacrifice Flower Pluck

Book:Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

About the Author

Born: August 29, 1862
Died: May 6, 1949
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 122

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The Treasure of the HumbleRelated source material

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Our EternityRelated source material

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