René Char Quotes

• A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.

  René Char

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  Tags in Poet

• How can we live without the unknown before us?

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  Tags in Live

• Cheat at this game.

  René Char

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  Tags in Game, Cheat

• Impose ta chance, serre ton bonheur et va vers ton risque. À te regarder, ils s’habitueront.

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  Tags in Regarder, Chance

• Lucidity is the wound closest to the sun.

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• It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

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  Tags in State, Gentle

• Each act is virgin, even the repeated ones.

  René Char

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  Tags in Virginity

• A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

  René Char

  Tags in Poet, Proof

• In action, be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

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René Char (9)

Birth:	14th June, 1907
Death:	19th February, 1988
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Poet

About

Char was born in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse department of France, the youngest of four children of Emile Char and Marie-Therese Rouget, where his father was mayor and managing director of the Vaucluse plasterworks.

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