Quotes by : Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

And, in fact, if these crimes appeal less to the senses, they appeal more to the mind; and the mind,....

They had...finished their lives before their death – which is not always the end of life and often....

The Devil teaches women what they are – or they would teach it to the Devil if he did not know.

He had a reputation in society as a man with a lively wit, whose gaiety was pleasant and formidable –....

Fools – in other words most people – imagine that it would be a wonderful achievement to be able....

Men are all the same. Novelty amongst themselves displeases and upsets them – but if the novelty is....

Hatred needs scorn. Scorn is hatred's nectar!

She was one of those women of good family who no longer exist, elegant, distinguished, and haughty, whose....

Night, which in Autumn seems to fall from the sky so suddenly, chilled us...

Dandies, who – as you know - scorn all emotions as being beneath them, and do not believe, like that....