If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

Quote by Edmond De Goncourt

Topics: Atheism Quotes, God Quotes, Religion Quotes

That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in...

That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in...

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.

People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.

People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.

Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.

Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs...

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs...

The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true...

The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true...

Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of...

Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of...

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a...

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a...

Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are...

Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are...

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to...

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to...

The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the...

The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the...

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult...

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult...

Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil...

To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil...

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.