Salvatore Quasimodo Quotes

The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture.

~ Salvatore Quasimodo

Belongs Certainty Creative His Judgment Moral Never Order Poet Poetic Prophetic Punish Resistance Scripture Someone True True Poet Uses Words

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The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.

~ Salvatore Quasimodo

Characters He His Imitates Men Novels Possibilities Stories Them Writer

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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.

~ Salvatore Quasimodo

Absolute Alone Beginning Hearts Letters Live Men Poet Real Real World Strike The Real World Think Thus While Word World

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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

~ Salvatore Quasimodo

Always Change Country Forces Lost Men Regardless Said Standards War Whether Won

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We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

~ Salvatore Quasimodo

Bitter Condemned Hope Most No Hope Pardon Solitude Us Verses Wrote

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20 August, 1901

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14 June, 1968

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