“Forgetting! It is a form of suicide, a renunciation of the only good the we truly and ineluctably possess: the past. For if joys alone were forgotten, perhaps oblivion would be justly desired. But we are proud and jealous of our sorrows, we love them, we want to remember them. It is they that comprise the crown of life.”
Quotes by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti
“[M]y sensitivity was unfortunately even more monstrous than my grotesqueness. Yes, my grotesqueness; I possess the courage to judge myself without pity, and to call things by their proper names. If only you knew... how I hate my own self, how much I hate my ugliness, yet never so much as I detest my heart.”
“Nelle nature buone e generose l'amore non è egoista, egli non è tanto un desiderio di rendere felici se stessi, quanto un bisogno di rendere felici gli altri; non è spesso che una smania di sacrificarsi all'altrui felicità.”
Iginio Ugo TarchettiIginio Ugo Tarchetti was an Italian author, poet, and journalist who emerged as a significant figure in the Lombard literary scene during the 19th century. Born in a period of burgeoning literary move...