Comte de Lautreamont Quotes
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.
Lautréamont, Comte de. Maldoror and Poems. Translated by Paul Knight, Penguin Books, 1978, p. 273.
Carter, together with the American and Israeli negotiating staffs came up with a creative idea whereby the Israeli Knesset voted to dismantle the settlements so that Begin would not renege on his promise. The breakthrough enabled the Camp David Accord and the Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt. Carter later won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Comte de Lautréamont (French: [lotʁeamɔ̃]) was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and literature, particularly on the Surrealists and the Situationists. Ducasse died at the age of 24.