Quotes by Eleonora Duse

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Actress · Italian · 1858–1924

Italian actress (1858–1924)

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“I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.”

“The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most.”

“To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.”

“The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life.”

“Work means so many things! So many! Among other things work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love is only a cruel deception.”

“Work means so many things! So many! Among other things work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love is only a cruel deception.”

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“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, ...”
— Eleonora Duse
Power Joy Simple

“The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life.”
— Eleonora Duse
Life Door Isolation

“To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.”
— Eleonora Duse
Art Help Meaning

“The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most.”
— Eleonora Duse
Partner Most Who

“I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.”
— Eleonora Duse
forgiveness

“Work means so many things! So many! Among other things work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love is only a cruel deception.”
— Eleonora Duse
work

“Work means so many things! So many! Among other things work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love is only a cruel deception.”
— Eleonora Duse
work