There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries. — Edmond de Goncourt Baseness Copy Share Image
Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings. — Edmond de Goncourt Business Copy Share Image
“[He] went on to say that during all those years he had done nothing at all, that all he had felt had… — Edmond De Goncourt Life Copy Share Image
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. — Edmond de Goncourt Art Copy Share Image
The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal.… — Edmond de Goncourt Art Copy Share Image
One of the proud joys of the man of letters --if that man of letters is an artist is to feel within… — Edmond de Goncourt Art Copy Share Image
Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present. — Edmond de Goncourt Historians Copy Share Image
She is unable to dream, think or love. In a woman, poetry never comes naturally, but always as the result of education.… — Edmond de Goncourt Dream Copy Share Image
Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect… — Edmond de Goncourt Doe Copy Share Image
I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live… — Edmond de Goncourt Decent Copy Share Image
Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins. — Edmond de Goncourt Counterfeit Copy Share Image
There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable. — Edmond de Goncourt Art Copy Share Image
Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate. — Edmond de Goncourt Health Copy Share Image
The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the… — Edmond de Goncourt Age Copy Share Image
Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum. — Edmond de Goncourt Art Copy Share Image
Lord Byron is an exceedingly interesting person, and as such is it not to be regretted that he is a slave to… — Edmond de Goncourt Art Copy Share Image
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. — Edmond de Goncourt Atheism Copy Share Image
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. — Edmond de Goncourt Impression Copy Share Image
I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see… — Edmond de Goncourt Boxes Copy Share Image
“Then Montesquiou was mentioned, and somebody described his first love-affair, a Baudelairean love-affair with a female ventriloquist who, while Montesquiou was straining… — Edmond De Goncourt First love Copy Share Image
Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of… — Edmond de Goncourt Absence Copy Share Image
The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as… — Edmond de Goncourt Contrary Copy Share Image
