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Maurice Maeterlinck

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The quotes of Maurice Maeterlinck have been shared, printed, and passed along for good reason. Whether reflecting on Happiness or Wisdom, Maurice Maeterlinck brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 13 quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck that cover ground from Happiness, Wisdom, Peace, Men, and Love. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing."

“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Death

All Quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck

“An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Happiness

“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Death

“We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Happiness

“At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Future

“Happiness is rarely absent it is we that know not of its presence.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Happiness

“Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Happiness

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

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Love

“Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Happiness

“We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Alone

“It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.”

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Wisdom