October 20, 2011

4 quotes by Edmond de Goncourt

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.

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

That ephemeral sheet,... the newspaper, is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.

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