Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk
Thursday November 21st, 2024

Jean Genet Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Dec 19, 1910
  • Died: Apr 15, 1986

Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing. His major works include the novels Querelle of Brest, The Thief's Journal, and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Blacks, The Maids and The Screens.

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. success

I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty. beauty

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. time

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. history

Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. dreams

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 more sayings from William Blake

32 more sayings from William Blake

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 quotes from Franz Grillparzer

6 quotes from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 thoughts from Storm Jameson

2 thoughts from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 more wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo

73 more wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo