Famous Quotes by Algernon Charles Swinburne

“But now, you are twain, you are cloven apartFlesh of his flesh, but heart of my heart.”

The great and the good are but the dreamers of the day.

A poet is a man who has not only seen what he can see, but what he can see as a vision.

We are all the product of our thoughts, and the only freedom we have is the freedom to choose them.

A great poet is not made by a great poetry, but by a great love.

What is life but a series of experiences?

The soul of man is like a treasure chest; all the gold it contains is in the form of thought.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth.

Music is the voice of the soul; it speaks to us without words.

The only certainty is that there is no certainty.

There is no excellence without labor.

The heart of man is an artist; it paints its own future.

The world is a great stage, and we are all actors upon it.

The stars are not afraid of the darkness; they are born in it.

In every work of art, there is a vision of the world as it might be.

Life is a great surprise; we do not know where it will lead us.

Time is a great teacher; but unfortunately, it kills all its pupils.

Death is the only God who comes when he is called.

To be human is to be vulnerable.

The only real happiness is the happiness of giving.