6 Quotes & Sayings By Odysseus Elytis

Odysseus Elytis (1912-1994) was Greek poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and translator. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. His work has been translated into twenty languages. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, where his father was a physician Read more

He studied at the University of Alexandria, then joined the army before embarking on a career as a successful writer. He received numerous awards for his work, including the Nobel Prize.

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If a separate personal Paradise exists for each of us, mine must be irreparably planted with trees of words which the wind silvers like poplars, by people who see their confiscated justice given back, and by birds that even in the midst of truth of death insist on singing in Greek and saying eros, eros, eros. Odysseus Elytis
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You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth Odysseus Elytis
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But you must know that only he who fights the darkness within will the day after tomorrow have his own share in the sun. Odysseus Elytis
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The splendor of youth is, to a point, the splendor of error. Jealous the old, who have everything previewed! The nightingale will never come sing over your wisdom. It won’t, darlin’, it won’t. Odysseus Elytis
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Logic has rid us of the absurdity of our clothes. That’s progress, no irony, only now we are cold. Hale and ill trade bodies with unusual willingness, while in midair souls tangle. The young start out disgusted and Poetry is left to the memo-writers. Odysseus Elytis