Everything since Homer has improved, except poetry. Giacomo Leopardi More Quotes by Giacomo Leopardi More Quotes From Giacomo Leopardi No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance. Giacomo Leopardi toleranceeverydayhumans Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything. Giacomo Leopardi babymenchildren Rest forever, tired heart. Giacomo Leopardi fatetiredheart That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea of perfection ever present in their minds, an ideal infinitely clearer and greater than any common people have, and they also realize how far they are from fulfilling their ideal. Giacomo Leopardi menpeopleideas Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense, is greater than the entire universe. Boredom is an expression of a profound despair at not finding anything that can satisfy the soul's boundless needs. Giacomo Leopardi boredomexpressionprofound In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else. Giacomo Leopardi happinessinspirationalmen Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness. Giacomo Leopardi source-of-happinesssourceignorance He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die. Giacomo Leopardi dreamlovelaughing The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion. Giacomo Leopardi illusionemptylife-is People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not. Giacomo Leopardi being-yourselfdestinypeople It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth Giacomo Leopardi takensimplemen What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set. Giacomo Leopardi eveningmoonsky Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the desire for them. Old age is the supreme evil, because it deprives us of all pleasures, leaving us only the appetite for them, and it brings with it all sufferings. Nevertheless, we fear death, and we desire old age. Giacomo Leopardi leavingsufferingevil It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them, and our desire to act as if they did not exist. Giacomo Leopardi desiretryingway No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it. Giacomo Leopardi smilelaughterhappiness He who doubts, knows - knows as much as can be known. Giacomo Leopardi knowndoubtknows Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again -- Giacomo Leopardi chainsdream Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution. Giacomo Leopardi persistencegiving-upmen I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise. Giacomo Leopardi mouthsagemay A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language. Giacomo Leopardi dictionaryembracelanguage
