Remy de Gourmont

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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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. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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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. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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

— Remy de Gourmont

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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

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Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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