A Quote by Aime Cesaire

Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of griefs is not a proscenium, and a man who wails is not a dancing bear.

Aime Cesaire

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Aime Cesaire
French - Poet
June 20, 1913 - April 17, 2008

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Arthur Hugh Clough

When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.

William Hazlitt

A man screaming is not a dancing bear. Life is not a spectacle.

Aime Cesaire

In the embers shining bright A garden grows for thy delight, With roses yellow, red, and white. But, O my child, beware, beware! Touch not the roses growing there, For every rose a thorn doth bear.

Richard Watson Gilder

Beware of the anger of the body. Master the body. Let it serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mind. Master your thoughts. Let them serve truth.