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Edmond De Goncourt Quotes

Lord Byron is an exceedingly interesting person, and as such is it not to be regretted that he is a slave to the vilest and most vulgar prejudices, and as mad as the winds? There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable Picture Quote #1

There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries Picture Quote #1

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable Picture Quote #1

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion Picture Quote #1

Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate Picture Quote #1

Genius is the talent of a man who is dead Picture Quote #1

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People don’t like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug Picture Quote #1

Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings Picture Quote #1

Statistics is the first of the inexact sciences Picture Quote #1

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world Picture Quote #1

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present Picture Quote #1

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead Picture Quote #1

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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity Picture Quote #1

That ephemeral sheet,... The newspaper, is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman Picture Quote #1

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it Picture Quote #1

I feel sure that coups d’état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything Picture Quote #1

I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin Picture Quote #1

She is unable to dream, think or love. In a woman, poetry never comes naturally, but always as the result of education. Only the woman of the world is a woman; the rest are simply females Picture Quote #1

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History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been Picture Quote #1

Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men, to do good to them or simply give them something to do, is unhappy, disconsolate, and accursed Picture Quote #1

The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth Picture Quote #1

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum Picture Quote #1

Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence Picture Quote #1

Laughter is the mind’s intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins Picture Quote #1

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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization Picture Quote #1

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture Picture Quote #1

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin Picture Quote #1

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Lord Byron is an exceedingly interesting person, and as such is it not to be regretted that he is a slave to the vilest and most vulgar prejudices, and as mad as the winds? There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable. (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Genius is the talent of a man who is dead (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) People don’t like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Statistics is the first of the inexact sciences (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Genius is the talent of a person who is dead (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) That ephemeral sheet,... The newspaper, is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) I feel sure that coups d’état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) She is unable to dream, think or love. In a woman, poetry never comes naturally, but always as the result of education. Only the woman of the world is a woman; the rest are simply females (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men, to do good to them or simply give them something to do, is unhappy, disconsolate, and accursed (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Laughter is the mind’s intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes) A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin (Edmond De Goncourt Quotes)