At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past. Maurice Masterlinck More Quotes by Maurice Masterlinck More Quotes From Maurice Masterlinck All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. Maurice Masterlinck 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 Masterlinck