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Author - Joris-Karl Huysmans
Quotes by : Joris-Karl Huysmans
cynical
I marvel at the placidity of the Utopian who imagines that man is perfectible. There is no denying that....
supernatural
I wish to confound all these people, to create a work of art of a supernatural realism and of a spiritualist....
religion
Ah; but my courage fails me, and my heart is sick within me! —Lord, take pity on the Christian who....
suffering
Every one has a sum of physical and moral suffering to pay, and whoever does not settle it here below,....
life
The only people who are worth knowing are either saints, scoundrels or madmen; at least their conversation....
religion
Worshiping the Devil is no more insane than worshiping God...It is precisely at the moment when positivism....
criticism
Goya’s savage verve, his harsh, brutal genius, captivated Des Esseintes. On the other hand, the universal....
depression
His scorn of humanity grew by what it fed on; he realized in fact that the world is mostly made up of....
church
Far from seeking to justify, as does the Church, the necessity of torments and afflictions, he cried,....
machine
How inferior the human machine is, compared to man-made machines. They can be decoked, unscrewed, oiled....
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