Nerval

Famous quotes containing the word nerval:

    “The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!” And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.
    —Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)

    The only refuge left to us was the poet’s ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.
    —Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)

    It has been rightly said that nothing is unimportant, nothing powerless in the universe; a single atom can dissolve everything, and save everything! What terror! There lies the eternal distinction between good and evil.
    —Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)