Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Octavio Paz Diplomat

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Mexico
  • Born: Mar 31, 1914
  • Died: Apr 19, 1998

Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican poet-diplomat and writer. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. wisdom

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. art

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. poetry

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. love

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. being alone

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill