Age Quote by Edmond de Goncourt
“The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.”
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Sadness of Modernity, 1886
Modern men seek truth everywhere, yet truth's abundance leads to despair.
In simple terms: Too much truth causes sadness.
Key Takeaway
Balance truth‑seeking with contentment.
Themes
existential
truth
despair
Mood
melancholic
thoughtful
Type
philosophical
literary
When to use this quote
- academic research
- media consumption
- personal introspection
- spiritual practice
Key Concepts
philosophy
modernity
nihilism
Questions to Reflect On
- Is all truth beneficial?
- How to find meaning amid truth overload?
A Different Perspective
Truth can be overwhelming, causing paralysis.
![“Lacking the truth, [we] will however finds instants of truth, and these instants are in fact all we have available to us to give some order to this chaos of horror.” quote by Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9db/hannah-arendt-610_available_lacking-the-truth-we-will-however-finds_1021393.jpg)
![“[He] went on to say that during all those years he had done nothing at all, that all he had felt had been a need to live, to live actively, violently, noisily, a need to sing, to make music, to roam the woods, to drink a little too much and get involved in a brawl.” quote by Edmond De Goncourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e1/edmond-de-goncourt-19675_life_he-went-on-to-say-that-during-all-those_436609.jpg)
