Quotes by Belgian authors

Belgian FlagBelgian Quotes offer a special understanding right into the culture, history, and spirit of Belgium - a little yet mighty country in the heart of Europe. From the words of well-known writers and poets to the adages passed down via generations, Belgian Quotes show the wit, knowledge, and strength of the Belgian individuals. They speak to the nation's rich creative and also social traditions, its deep love of delicious chocolate, beer, and french fries, and also its unique placement as a meeting point in between different European cultures. Belgian Quotes additionally highlight the difficulties dealt with by the nation, from etymological and social separates to the ongoing look for political security. Whether you are a visitor to Belgium or a proud Belgian, the understandings and knowledge found in Belgian Quotes make sure to enlighten and also inspire. Come, discover the rich history as well as society of this impressive country, through words as well as knowledge of its individuals.
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Small: If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream
Rene Magritte
"If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing
"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: Happiness is rarely absent it is we that know not of its presence
"Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: I never thought Id land in pictures with a face like mine
Audrey Hepburn
"I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: Nothing is impossible, the word itself says Im possible!
Audrey Hepburn
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: Purchasing power is a license to purchase power
"Purchasing power is a license to purchase power"
Raoul Vaneigem, Philosopher
Small: Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when the
"Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know"
Hugo Claus, Novelist
Small: The margin between success and drama is fractional
"The margin between success and drama is fractional"
Jacky Ickx, Celebrity
Small: Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand
"Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand"
Diane von Furstenberg, Designer
Small: To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the
Rene Magritte
"To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist
Rene Magritte
"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my p
Rene Magritte
"My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: Life obliges me to do something, so I paint
Rene Magritte
"Life obliges me to do something, so I paint"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows it becomes what the world offer
Rene Magritte
"Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world
Rene Magritte
"We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is
Rene Magritte
"The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see
Rene Magritte
"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb
Rene Magritte
"The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb"
Rene Magritte, Artist
Small: Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature
"Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: To be happy is only to have freed ones soul from the unrest of unhappiness
"To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors
"They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past
"At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: We possess only the happiness we are able to understand
"We possess only the happiness we are able to understand"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I dont need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can conve
Audrey Hepburn
"There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough
"When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: No great inner event befalls those who summon it not
"No great inner event befalls those who summon it not"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be gover
"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, Dramatist
Small: How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words
"How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the swe
"An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with th
"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, Dramatist
Small: Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let o
"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, Dramatist
Small: Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
"Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?
"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, Dramatist
Small: A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods
"A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom
"It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom"
Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist
Small: The best thing to hold onto in life is each other
Audrey Hepburn
"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - its all that matters
Audrey Hepburn
"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, thats when I think life is over
Audrey Hepburn
"When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girls complexion
Audrey Hepburn
"There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
Small: If Im honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all
Audrey Hepburn
"If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all"
Audrey Hepburn, Actress
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