4 Quotes & Sayings By Comte De Lautreamont

Comte de Lautreamont was a French poet and translator from the nineteenth century. Before his death in 1855, he translated the ancient Egyptian poet, Hâpy. Comte de Lautreamont is best known for inventing "automatic writing." In automatic writing, a medium is able to access the subconscious mind. The poem "Opium" was written under this influence.

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Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties. Comte De Lautreamont
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The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic. Comte De Lautreamont
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Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness. Comte De Lautreamont