People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. — Edmond de Goncourt Fairy Copy Share Image
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity. — Edmond de Goncourt Debauchery Copy Share Image
“Baudelaire had supper at the table next to ours. He was without a cravat, his shirt open at the neck and his… — Edmond De Goncourt Little hands Copy Share Image
The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman. — Edmond De Goncourt Book Copy Share Image
The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to… — Edmond de Goncourt Facts Copy Share Image
A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. — Edmond de Goncourt Climbs Copy Share Image
Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization. — Edmond de Goncourt Barbarism Copy Share Image
