Author: Remy de Gourmont

Quotes

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.

- Remy de Gourmont

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

- Remy de Gourmont

Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.

Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.

- Remy de Gourmont

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

- Remy de Gourmont

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

- Remy de Gourmont

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction.

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction.

- Remy de Gourmont

Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness.

Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness.

- Remy de Gourmont

We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.

We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.

- Remy de Gourmont

In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to flocks, to trees. One should be indifferent to nothing.

In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to flocks, to trees. One should be indifferent to nothing.

- Remy de Gourmont

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