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Quotes from Wisdom and Destiny — Maurice Maeterlinck

1862–1949 Belgium

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It is the evil that lies in ourselves that is ever least tolerant of the evil that lies in others.

Wisdom and Destiny (1898)

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

Wisdom and Destiny (1898)

The truth that seems discouraging does in reality only transform the courage of those strong enough to accept it; and, in any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Wisdom and Destiny (1898)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maurice Maeterlinck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.