Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (1862–1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was a Fleming, but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.
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An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.
—Maurice Maeterlinck
Happiness will never be any greater than the idea we have of it.
—Maurice Maeterlinck
Topics: Happiness, Positive Attitudes, Optimism
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