Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.

Quote by Remy De Gourmont

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In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to...

In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to...

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.

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.

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...

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

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.

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...

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

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

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

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...

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

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

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

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

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

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

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,...

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

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

The woman who loves always smells good.

The woman who loves always smells good.

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...