Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

7 Famous Quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck
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“I count only the hours that are serene. [Lat., Horas non numero nisi serenas.]”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes
Source: Measure of the Hours, mentioned as found by Hazlitt on a sun dial near Venice
“The hour of justice does not strike On the dials of this world. [Fr., L'heure de la justice ne sonne pas Aux cadrans de ce monde.] - Maurice Maeterlinck, Measure of the Hours,”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes
Source: Measure of the Hours, motto on a sun dial on a church at Tourette-sur-Loup
“I am moved by the light. [Lat., A lumine motus.]”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes
Source: Measure of the Hours--Motto
“Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more.”
Sun dial mottoes Quotes
Source: Measure of the Hours--Motto
“When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.”
Tears Quotes
“A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.”
Value Quotes
“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.”
Death / immortality Quotes