All Remy de Gourmont Quotes
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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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.
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Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.
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We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.
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Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.
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The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.
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Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
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Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness.
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Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction.
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Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.
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Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.
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Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.
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Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.
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