List of Edmond de Goncourt Quotes

Any Man Who Does Not See Everything In Terms Of Self, That Is To Say Who Wants To Be Something In Respect Of Other Men, To Do Good To Them Or Simply Give Them Something To Do, Is Unhappy, Disconsolate, And Accursed.

I Feel Sure That Coups D'état Would Go Much Better If There Were Seats, Boxes, And Stalls So That One Could See What Was Happening And Not Miss Anything.

The Facts: Nothing Matters But The Facts: Worship Of The Facts Leads To Everything, To Happiness First Of All And Then To Wealth.

Princes Enjoy Themselves Like Children In The Company Of Ordinary Human Beings.

Surely Nothing Has To Listen To So Many Stupid Remarks As A Painting In A Museum.

Sickness Sensitizes Man For Observation, Like A Photographic Plate.

Lord Byron Is An Exceedingly Interesting Person, And As Such Is It Not To Be Regretted That He Is A Slave To The Vilest And Most Vulgar Prejudices, And As Mad As The Winds? There Have Been Many Definitions Of Beauty In Art. What Is It? Beauty Is What The Untrained Eyes Consider Abominable.

Laughter Is The Mind's Intonation. There Are Ways Of Laughing Which Have The Sound Of Counterfeit Coins.

I Have Always Derived Indescribable Pleasure From Leading A Decent Woman To The Edge Of Sin And Leaving Her There To Live Between The Temptation And The Fear Of That Sin.

She Is Unable To Dream, Think Or Love. In A Woman, Poetry Never Comes Naturally, But Always As The Result Of Education. Only The Woman Of The World Is A Woman; The Rest Are Simply Females.

Genius Is The Talent Of A Person Who Is Dead.

The English Are Crooked As A Nation And Honest As Individuals. The Contrary Is True Of The French, Who Are Honest As A Nation And Crooked As Individuals.