Misfortune was my god.
Meaning of the quote
The quote suggests that the French poet Arthur Rimbaud saw misfortune or bad luck as a guiding force in his life, as if misfortune was his deity or god. This means he felt that unfortunate events and challenges controlled his destiny, rather than his own choices and actions. The quote reflects a pessimistic or fatalistic view of life, where one believes they have little control over their circumstances.
More quotes from Arthur Rimbaud
I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.
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I’m intact, and I don’t give a damn.
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
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I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
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Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.
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Morality is the weakness of the brain.
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Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!
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Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.
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Misfortune was my god.
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But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.
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I is another.
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Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.
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Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.
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I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.
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