Remy de Gourmont quotes

Remy de Gourmont was a French symbolist poet, essayist, and literary critic. Renowned for his intellectual influence, he contributed significantly to modern literature and aesthetics. He inspired a generation of writers with his unique style and philosophical insights. Here are 41 of his quotes:

Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. (Remy de Gourmont)
The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. View quote
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Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. View quote
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Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity. View quote
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If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined. View quote
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Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called. View quote
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Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end. View quote
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Art is the accomplice of love. View quote
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Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love. View quote
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To know what everyone knows is to know nothing. View quote
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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. (Remy de Gourmont)
All poetry is an affair of the body, that is, to be real, it must affect the body. View quote
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Literary style is the product of the toal phyisology. View quote
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We write as we feel, as we think, with our entire body. View quote
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Art must break the chains, all rules and formulas. View quote
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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. View quote
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Man is the inventor of stupidity. View quote
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Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity. View quote
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Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices. View quote
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Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him. View quote
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The woman who loves always smells good. (Remy de Gourmont)
We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. View quote
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Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. View quote
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Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction. View quote
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Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live. View quote
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Remy de Gourmont

Occupation: French Novelist
Born: April 4, 1858
Died: September 27, 1915
Quotes count: 41
Wikipedia: Remy de Gourmont

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