Eleonora Quotes & Sayings

If I had my will I would live in a ship on the sea, and never come nearer to humanity than that! — Eleonora Duse

When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves. — Eleonora Duse

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

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

Eleonora Duse said, "Tell me about Deirdre and Patrick," and made me repeat to her all their little sayings and ways, and show her their photos, which she kissed and cried over. She never said 'Cease to grieve', but she grieved with me, and, for the first time since their death, I felt I was not alone. — Isadora Duncan

You are a very special child," the old handmaid said, stroking Eleonora's hair. "You know that don't you?"
Eleonora mumbled a yes.
"You know you are special, but I think that you aren't sure how."
She nodded. That was, indeed, the crux of it. — Michael David Lukas

The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most. — Eleonora Duse

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art. — Eleonora Duse

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally. — Eleonora Duse

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in awaking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which i of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil. — Edgar Allan Poe