Count Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two.

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Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.

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Tell me how a people uses its leisure and I will tell you the quality of its civilization.

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I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others?

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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.

To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.

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