Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing."
-Maurice Maeterlinck in Knowledge quotes.

"At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past."
-Maurice Maeterlinck

"Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?"
-Maurice Maeterlinck in Living quotes.

"In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man."
-Maurice Maeterlinck in Genius quotes.

"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

"They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors."
-Maurice Maeterlinck

"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

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

"We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us."
-Maurice Maeterlinck in Pets quotes.

"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