Comte de Lautreamont Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in order to oppress the reader, and make him desire the good as the remedy. – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautreamont Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn? – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautreamont The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic. – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautreamont It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good. – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautreamont Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction. – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de Lautreamont Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense! – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de LautreamontStrength When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness. – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de LautreamontSad Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt… doubt is the beginning of despair; despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness. – Comte de Lautreamont
Comte de LautreamontHealthIntelligence Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties. – Comte de Lautreamont
