7 Quotes & Sayings By Eleonora Duse

Eleonora Duse was born in 1858. Her father already had a successful career as a singer and the two of them, along with their daughter, moved to Milan in 1871. In Milan, her husband, Marcello Duse, became a leading actor, and her success as an actress grew too. She appeared in 57 films between 1910 and 1930 Read more

Her acting career helped her escape from the strict life she had led as a stage actress and gave her a chance to create a different one for herself. In 1916 she moved to France until 1922 when she decided to go back to Italy. Eventually she settled in Rome where she lived for the rest of her life.

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I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them. Eleonora Duse
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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
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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, for your soul is alive. Eleonora Duse
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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
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To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art. Eleonora Duse
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The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most. Eleonora Duse