O mouths humanity seeks a new language
Beyond the reach of grammarians
• "Victoire" (Victory), line 21; p. 125.
Beyond the reach of grammarians
• "Victoire" (Victory), line 21; p. 125.
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Ô bouches l'homme est a la recherche d'un nouveau langage
Auquel le grammairien d'aucune langue n'aura rien à dire
— Guillaume Apollinaire
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Auquel le grammairien d'aucune langue n'aura rien à dire" in the context of "O mouths humanity seeks a new language
Beyond the reach of grammarians
• "Victoire" (Victory), line 21; p. 125." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Guillaume Apollinaire" (Quotes, Calligrammes (1918): Translations and page-numbers are from Donald Revell (trans.) The Self-Dismembered Man: Selected Later Poems of Guillaume Apollinaire (Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 2004).)
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About Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire (26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent who was hugely influential as a Modernist poet and as a spokesman for the Cubist painters. His original name appears in many forms along the lines of Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris Kostrowitzky or Wąż-Kostrowicki.
About Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire (26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent who was hugely influential as a Modernist poet and as a spokesman for the Cubist painters. His original name appears in many forms along the lines of Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris Kostrowitzky or Wąż-Kostrowicki.
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