"The artist's morality lies in the force and……" — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
"The artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description."
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9 Quotes by Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
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Passions are less mischievous than boredom, for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase.
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Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage.
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For in Paris, whenever God puts a pretty woman there (the streets), the Devil, in reply, immediately puts a fool…
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Yet, whether to the glory or to the shame of human nature, in what we call pleasure (with an excess…
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They had...finished their lives before their death - which is not always the end of life and often comes long…
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We priests are the surgeons of souls, and it is our duty to deliver them of shameful secrets they would…
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The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they…
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Happy men are grave. They carry their happiness cautiously, as they would a glass filled to the brim which the…
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
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