Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado, in full Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 July 1875
CitySeville, Spain
CountrySpain
dream thirds
Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.
path traveler walks
Traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.
men judging advice
Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man.
long decision wish
All uncertainty is fruitfull ... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand
erotic traffic sensibility
The truly erotic sensibility, in evoking the image of woman, never omits to clothe it. The robing and disrobing: that is the true traffic of love.
thinking fool values
Only a fool thinks price and value are the same.
running dream sleep
Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreaming— its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence
littles vices add
The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one's virtues.
hay als path
Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. (Walk, there is no path, the path is made by walking.)
philosophical denial deny
Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves.
Death is something we shouldn't fear because, while we are, death isn't, and when death is, we aren't.
running community atheism
Beware of the community in which blasphemy does not exist: underneath, atheism runs rampant.
marriage dream hands
Walk through life in dreams out of love of the hand that leads us.
patience running trying
Don't try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled.