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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

“I count only the hours that are serene.”

Book:The Measure of the Hours

Source: The Measure of the Hours

“The hour of justice does not strike On the dials of this world.”

World Doe Hours Justice This World Strikes

Book:The Measure of the Hours

Source: The Measure of the Hours

“The manner in which the hours of freedom are spent determines, no less than labor and war, the moral worth of a nation.”

War Nations Hours Moral Labor Determine

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“When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.”

Love Enough Hours Loses Memories Relationship Tears Broken Heart Sympathy Lost Love Losing Someone Lost Ones Hot Tears

Book:Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing. A day will come when science will turn upon its error and no longer hesitate to shorten our woes. A day will come when it will dare and act with certainty; when life, grown wiser, will depart silently at its hour, knowing that it has reached its term.”

Knows Helping Science Death Dies Turns Term Hours Animal Knowledge Knowing Errors Painful Dare Certainty Wiser Woe Painful Death

Book:Our Eternity

Source: Our Eternity

“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

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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