What did Remy de Gourmont mean by: An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself. Remy de Gourmont Writer · France Copy
+ Good books are irrefutable, and bad books refute themselves. Author, October 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Remy de Gourmont, Truth, Value, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
+ To know what everyone knows is to know nothing. Author, October 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Remy de Gourmont, Conformity, Ignorance, Knowledge, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
+ Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity. Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Remy de Gourmont, Intelligence, Invention, Stupidity, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
+ Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end. Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Remy de Gourmont, Beauty, Joy, Melancholy, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
+ Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Remy de Gourmont, Emotions, Individualism, Morality, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
+ Born of the sensibility, art sows and creates life in its turn. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Remy de Gourmont, Creation, Life, Sensibility, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
+ We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Remy de Gourmont, Learning, Life, Sensibility, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
+ Art is the accomplice of love. Author, August 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Remy de Gourmont, Connection, Creativity, Emotion, 0 Remy de Gourmont Writer · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can’t understand. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France