Godfried Bomans (2)


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h10. @@@De kunst van te leven is thuis te zijn alsof men op reis is.

The art of living is being at home as if you are travelling.


h11. |||De mens is een geketende en de ketting is het eigendom.

The human being is a chained person and the chain is his property.


h12. ~~~Men bemint een vrouw niet om wat zij is,
maar om wat men van haar denkt.

One does not love a woman for what she is,
but for what one thinks of hers.


Mari Andriessen, a sculptor, tells us that their friendship was based on their admiration for Tolstoy, Charles Dickens and Mozart.

h13. ###De volwassenen zijn de stenen.
De kinderen het cement.

The adults are the stones.
The children the cement.


h14. ___ Het is mijn vaste overtuiging dat de echte egoïsten, dwz. die zeldzamen die er ernstig naar streven zelf gelukkig te zijn, het meeste geluk voor anderen verspreiden.

It is my strong conviction that the real egoists, i.e. those uncommon persons who seriously seek to be happy themselves, spread most happiness for others.


h15. %%% De moeilijkste deugd is de nederigheid. Men kan die niet beoefenen, want krachtens haar aard is zij zichzelf onbewust.

The most difficult virtue is humility. One cannot practise this, for by virtue of its nature she is unconscious of herself.


He always tried to embellish reality. To a friend he used to say: 'The truth is what I make from it.'


h16. °°° Echte kunst verraadt zich door het vermogen om de dingen te verzwijgen en toch kenbaar te maken.

Real art betrays itself by the ability to conceal things and yet make them knowable.


h17. (°) Niet de tijd is kostbaar. U bent het.

Not the time is precious. You are precious.


h18. °|° De geschiedenis is het heden gezien door de toekomst.

History is present seen by the future.


He had a heart attack and died on 22nd December 1971. A friend of his visited him 5 days before and told that GB chose two requiems to listen to that evening, by Verdi and Mozart.


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