Marguerite Yourcenar, la première femme élue membre de l’Académie française en 1980, est née le 8 juin 1903 à Bruxelles et morte en 1987 aux États-Unis.
Mémoires d’Hadrien
🔺“Le véritable lieu de naissance est celui où l’on a porté pour la première fois un coup d’oeil intelligent sur soi-même: mes premières patries ont été des livres.”
🔺“Il vero luogo natio è quello dove per la prima volta si è posato uno sguardo consapevole su se stessi: la mia prima patria sono stati i libri.”
🔺“The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books.”
🔻“La lettre écrite m’a enseigné à écouter la voix humaine, tout comme les grandes attitudes immobiles des statues m’ont appris à apprécier les gestes.”
🔻“La parola scritta mi ha insegnato ad ascoltare la voce umana, così come i grandi atteggiamenti immobili delle statue m’hanno insegnato ad apprezzare i gesti degli uomini.”
🔻“The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions.”
Wikimedia Commons, foto di George Shuklin: Statua romana di Adriano (imperatore dal 117 al 138), conservata all’Ermitage di San Pietroburgo.
L’immobilità creatrice!👋
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Belle belle, queste frasi! 🙂
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Grazie, Alessandro! Buona giornata 🌺🌷🌺
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Buona giornata anche a te, Luisa! 😀
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[…] Marguerite Yourcenar […]
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Thank you very much for sharing! 🌹🙏🌹
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Wonderful quotes!
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I am glad you appreciated them-🙏🙏🙏
Have a nice day 🌺🌿🌺🌿🌺
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I love your quotes
Books are a homeland for many of us.
🤓🧑💻📙📙📗📓📕📔
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So true!
Have a nice Best Friend Day, dearest Pat 😘😘😘
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Back at you, charming Luisa
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Très grande dame, très grande écrivaine ! 🙂
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Grandiosa! 🥰😘💚💙
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🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
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Troppo bello il tuo articolo ❣
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Grazie, Dani cara… e buon pomeriggio 🤗🧡🤗
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buon pomeriggio a te carissima 🌺🤗😘
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Un altro dei libri che leggerò presto. Buon pomeriggio Luisa 💜
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👍😘😘😘
Buon pomeriggio, carissima
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Potenza della parola, potenza dell’ immagine. Devo leggere al più presto questo libro. Grazie Luisa, buon pomeriggio 🤗🌻🌺🌹🤗
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E’ molto bello, credimi 💜
Buon pomeriggio 😘
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“Mémoires d’Hadrien” Outstanding work. Thank you for sharing Luisa.
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Thank you for your kind comment
I’m so pleased you enjoyed this post
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My pleasure Luisa. I truly did 🌹
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Ciao. A certain “Marguerite”, if she was “Yourcenar” really I’m not quite sure, but I think, said that a child must be valued for the things he /she is inclined about, about a child can do, not about things that cannot do”. The child that cannot speak well, but makes pictures, or viceversa, according to Marguerite, most considered for the things he can do. Ciao 🙂
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Grazie per la riflessione!
Everyone should be valued for the things they can do, and not just for their inabilities
Buona giornata 🌼🌼🌼
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Joyeux anniversaire, Marguerite!
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🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏
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quanto tempo! grazie per il tuffo 🙂
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Grazie a te per il messaggio! 🙏😊
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😘
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coucou l’amie une Marguerite vient te voir…
bonne journée:)
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Merci de ta visite et bonne journée à toi, chère Marguerite 🙏😘🌼🌼🌼
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❤🧡 🙂
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Great woman with great intentions and thoughts. 🙏🤗💖😘
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Yes indeed 🙏
Have a nice day, dear Aladin 🌹🌹🌹
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You too, my dear Luisa. 🤗💖🎉🥰
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mai riuscito a leggere Le memorie di Adriano, forse il suo romanzo più celebre.
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A me è piaciuto immensamente 💜💜💜
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provato più volte, arenato a pagina 10
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😉🙏🌼
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bella serata
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Buona giornata a te, Gian Paolo 🌼🌹🌼
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Bel pomeriggio Luisa
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Questo post l’avevo quasi perso!!!! Le memorie di Adriano, meraviglioso!!!! 🙂
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Un libro da rileggere sempre con piacere!!! 💜
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Reblogged this on Alchimie.
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Grazie! E’ un onore 🙏🙏🙏
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Luisa, le frasi interessanti da te scelte tratte dal libro, mi hanno rinfrescato la memoria e mi hanno riportato alle sensazioni piacevolissime con cui ho scoperto questa bravissima scrittrice. Grazie e buon pomeriggio.🌹🌼🌹
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Grazie per essere passato da me, Marcello caro
Buon pomeriggio a te 🙏🤗🙏🤗🙏
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“mes premières patries ont été des livres” queste parole fanno letteralmente innamorare.
Grazie!
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Grazie infinite a te e buon pomeriggio 🙏🌷🙏
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