Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
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Biography
Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would also use the name Auguste when publishing some of his books.
"I am a man who knows nothing, guesses sometimes, finds frequently and who's always amazed."
"I have come with this message: since our gods and our aspirations are no longer anything but scientific, why shouldn't our loves be so too?"
"Nature was quick to pass the sponge of her deluges over these awkward sketches (dinosaurs), these first nightmares of Life."
"There are some wounds that one can heal only by deepening them and making them worse."
"Uncertainty is a quality to be cherished, therefore – if not for it, who would dare to undertake anything?"