Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Jules Laforgue
Born: August 16, 1860
Died: August 20, 1887 (aged 27)
Bio: Jules Laforgue was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet. Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry has been called "part-symbolist, part-impressionist".
Known for:
- Moral Tales
- Poems of Jules Laforgue
- Jules Laforgue Selected Poems
- Patrick Caulfield
- Essential Poems and Prose of Jules Laforgue