Ion Luca Caragiale
Romanian playwright, short story writer, pamphleteer, poet, writer, theatre director, political commentator and journalist
To love is a great pain, but to escape that pain is a great misfortune.
Ion Luca Caragiale | Translations
Do you want to get to know things? Look at them closely. Do you want to like them? Look at them from afar.
Ion Luca Caragiale | Translations
Take a half an affirmation of an opposition newspaper and mix it well with half a disclaimer from a government one – this is often a good recipe for finding out the truth.
Ion Luca Caragiale | Translations
Parties planned long before rarely turn out well, while those started on the spot, unplanned, turn out nicely almost every time…
Ion Luca Caragiale | Translations
Nothing is more beautiful than the truth, or more true than the beautiful.
Ion Luca Caragiale | Translations
Man is a sovereign who glories in his crown, which is thought, and equally in his sceptre, which is expression.
Ion Luca Caragiale | Translations