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> [“It is not perhaps a question of truthfulness; it is rather a natural incapacity to think for herself, to take cognizance of herself in her own brain, and not in the eyes and in the lips of others; even when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/it-is-not-perhaps-a-question-of-truthfulness-it-is-rather-a-natural/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

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## More by Remy de Gourmont

> [Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/two-elements-are-needed-to-form-a-truth-a-fact-and-an-abstraction/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [“La Nebuleuse is a poem of lovely & deep perspective, where, symboloized by artless beings, are seen the successive generations of men following each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/la-nebuleuse-is-a-poem-of-lovely-deep-perspective-where-symboloized/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/art-includes-everything-that-stimulates-the-desire-to-live/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [“The little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She loves it, & that's all. It is thus that we should love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/the-little-girl-expects-no-declaration-of-tenderness-from-her-doll/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/science-is-the-only-truth-and-it-is-the-great-lie-it-knows-nothing/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [“Those men who live with the greatest intensity are often the ones who seem to take least interest in life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/those-men-who-live-with-the-greatest-intensity-are-often-the-ones-who/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [“The man of genius may dwell unknown, but one always may recognize the path he has followed into the forest. It was a giant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/the-man-of-genius-may-dwell-unknown-but-one-always-may-recognize-the/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [Nothing exists except by virtue of a disequilibrium, an injustice. All existence is a theft paid for by other existences; no life flowers except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/nothing-exists-except-by-virtue-of-a-disequilibrium-an-injustice-all/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to curse liberty- to curse life, which is nothing, if it be not free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/money-is-the-sign-of-liberty-to-curse-money-is-to-curse-liberty-to/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [“It is a communion at once mystic & real, in the guise of metal. Money which is liberty, is also fecundation. It is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/it-is-a-communion-at-once-mystic-real-in-the-guise-of-metal-money/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [Man is the inventor of stupidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/man-is-the-inventor-of-stupidity/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/aesthetic-emotion-puts-man-in-a-state-favorable-to-the-reception-of/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [Since art is the expression of beauty and beauty can be understood only in the form of the material elements of the true idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/since-art-is-the-expression-of-beauty-and-beauty-can-be-understood/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/the-human-mind-is-so-complex-and-things-are-so-tangled-up-with-each/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

> [“Tears flow and smiles fade to the same rhythm of life, to disappear together in the bottomless abyss.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remy-de-gourmont/tears-flow-and-smiles-fade-to-the-same-rhythm-of-life-to-disappear/)

[Remy de Gourmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remy-de-gourmont/)

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