Quotes by : Rémy de Gourmont

Abstractions do us much harm by impelling us to the quest of the absolute in all things. Joy does not....

As a matter of fact, when it comes to seeing, men display two tendencies: they see what they wish to....

How many contradictions! Eh! If I loaded my wagon all on the same side, I'd tumble it over.

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

Extraordinarily excessive sensuality it may be .. but it all comes down to the same thing in the end,....

It was an accident that has endowed man with intelligence. He has made use of it: he invented stupidity.....

Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank.

The vainglory of wishing to understand is dangerous, immoral and, above all, old-fashioned. The modern....

Well, suppose we remain upon earth, after all? Suppose we bravely accept the death of our dreams at the....

Ah! I wish I had the courage to work for the debasement of my contemporaries. What good work it would....