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List of Edmond de Goncourt Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 28 inspiring quotes by Edmond de Goncourt.

About Edmond de Goncourt

  • Born: May 26, 1822
  • Died: July 16, 1896
  • Occupation: Writer
    • Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men, to do good to them or simply give them something to do, is unhappy, disconsolate, and accursed.
    Men Self Giving
    I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything.
    Funny War Missing
    The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.
    Matter Firsts Facts
    Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings.
    Children Class Ordinary
    Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.
    Art Stupid Museums
    Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate.
    Health Men Sickness
    Lord byron is an exceedingly interesting person, and as such is it not to be regretted that he is a slave to the vilest and most vulgar prejudices, and as mad as the winds? there have been many definitions of beauty in art. what is it? beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.
    Beauty Art Eye
    Laughter is the mind's intonation. there are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.
    Laughter Laughing Mind
    I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin.
    Temptation Leaving Sin
    She is unable to dream, think or love. in a woman, poetry never comes naturally, but always as the result of education. only the woman of the world is a woman; the rest are simply females.
    Dream Women Thinking
    Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
    Genius Talent Persons
    The english are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. the contrary is true of the french, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.
    Honest Individual Crooked
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