In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to flocks, to trees. One should be indifferent to nothing.

Quote by Remy De Gourmont

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If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing...

If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing...

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction.

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction.

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will,...

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will,...

Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness.

Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness.

Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.

Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.

Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.

Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last

Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure...

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure...

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits...

Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits...

The woman who loves always smells good.

The woman who loves always smells good.

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to...

We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to...

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor...

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor...