Comte de Lautreamont
Poet
1846-04-04
Books by Comte de Lautreamont
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Quotes by Comte de Lautreamont
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Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in order to oppress the reader, and make him desire the good as the remedy.
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Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?
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Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!
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The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.
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Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness.
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Real sorrow is incompatible with hope. No matter how great that sorrow may be, hope raises it one hundred cubits higher.
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Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all other qualities. It is the ne plus ultra of the intelligence.
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