Eleonora Duse Quotes

Eleonora Duse — Italian Actress born on October 03, 1858, died on April 21, 1924

Eleonora Duse was an Italian actress, often known simply as Duse. She is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time, noted for her total assumption of the roles she portrayed. Duse was the subject of the 1947 biographical film Eleonora Duse... (wikipedia)

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.

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

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

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

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.