Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.
Remy de GourmontIf the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be -not understood, but divined.
Remy de GourmontThe human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.
Remy de GourmontFor two thousand years Christianity has been telling us: life is death, death is life; it is high time to consult the dictionary.
Remy de GourmontScience is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think that science is electricity, automobilism, and dirigible balloons. It is something very different. It is life devouring itself. It is the sensibility transformed into intelligence. It is the need to know stifling the need to live. It is the genius of knowledge vivisecting the vital genius.
Remy de Gourmont