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

Quote by Remy De Gourmont

Topics: Effort Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

Man is the inventor of stupidity.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.

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...