People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug. Edmond de Goncourt fairyhumbugpeople Change image and share on social
Genius is the talent of a person who is dead. Edmond de Goncourt deadgeniusperson Change image and share on social
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture. Edmond de Goncourt badgeneralimpression Change image and share on social
A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. Edmond de Goncourt climbladderman Change image and share on social
Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence. Edmond de Goncourt absencebeginbook share on social
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. Edmond de Goncourt agefindlive Change image and share on social
Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins. Edmond de Goncourt coincounterfeitintonation Change image and share on social
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 backbarbarismbring Change image and share on social
Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs. Edmond de Goncourt betraymanmind Change image and share on social
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. Edmond de Goncourt atheismgodinsult Change image and share on social
