Remy de Gourmont Quotes

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

Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.

Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.

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

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