Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Quote by Remy De Gourmont

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

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

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...

The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws

The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws

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.

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

Very 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...

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

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...

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 woman who loves always smells good.

The woman who loves always smells good.

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

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented 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.

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.