Quotes by Juhani Siljo

"The nearer a man comes to the ideal he has created for himself in his feelings and imagination, the more painfully does he feel the imperfections in himself, even the smallest, which prevent him from attaining perfection."
— Juhani Siljo
"My enemy, prosper in the world! You will fall to world fame and success more surely than if I set traps for you."
— Juhani Siljo
"All matter is wonderful, because it can give birth to something even more wonderful."
— Juhani Siljo
Juhani Siljo

Juhani Siljo (3 May 1888 – 6 May 1918) was a Finnish poet and translator. Siljo was born as Johan Alarik Sjögren in Oulu. He completed the Oulun Lyseon Lukio upper secondary school in 1907, and starte...