Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Professions : Poet Born : February 17, 1836 Died : December 22, 1870 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer The soul that can speak through the eyes can also kiss with a gaze. Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer kissing eye soul As long as science fails to discover the sources of life, as long as, on sea or in the sky, there is an abyss that is resistant to mathematical reckoning, as long as mankind in its steady progress is ignorant of where it's heading, as long as a mystery exists for man, there will be poetry! Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer sea sky men ¡Lástima que el Amor un diccionario no tenga donde hallar cuándo el orgullo es simplemente orgullo y cuándo es dignidad! What a shame that love has no dictionary in which to ascertain when pride is simply pride and when it's 'dignity'! Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer amor dignity pride Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors