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

Quote by Edmond De Goncourt

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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...

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by...

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by...

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth....

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that...