"He who buries a treasure buries himself with it. A secret … - Gaston Bachelard

"He who buries a treasure buries himself with it. A secret is a grave, and it is not for nothing that a man who can be trusted with a secret boasts that he is "like the grave

Gaston Bachelard

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Gaston Bachelard

Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher of science and literary critic.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: G. Bachelard

All quotes from Gaston Bachelard Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Gaston Bachelard:

Novalis Wallace Stevens Italo Calvino Northrop Frye Jorge Luis Borges

Additional quotes by Gaston Bachelard

The poetic image exists apart from causality.

To sum up, while we do not seek to instruct the reader, we should feel rewarded for our efforts if we can persuade him to practice an exercise at which we are a master: to laugh at oneself. No progress is possible in the acquisition of objective knowledge without this self-critical irony.

The cleverer I am at miniaturizing the world, the better I possess it.

"He who buries a treasure buries himself with it. A secret is a grave, and it is not for nothing that a man who can be trusted with a secret boasts t… - Gaston Bachelard

About Gaston Bachelard

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Gaston Bachelard