Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.

Chaque fleur est une âme à la Nature éclose;

Gerard de Nerval

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Topic

Flowers

Author

Gerard de Nerval

Source

Golden Lines

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Nerval, Gerard De. Vers Dores. c. 1843, l. 8.

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For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained currency, because for the moment it symbolized the world to the first speaker and to the hearer. The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
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Time
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “The Poet.” Essays: Second Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1844.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The Poet (1844)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Le Cid

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Corneille, Pierre. Le Cid. Dec. 1636, Theatre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 2.

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