Remy de Gourmont Quotes

Remy de Gourmont — French Novelist born on April 04, 1858, died on September 27, 1915

Remy de Gourmont was a French Symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic. He was widely read in his era, and an important influence on Blaise Cendrars. The spelling Rémy de Gourmont is incorrect, albeit common and used by Ezra Pound in translations of his work... (wikipedia)

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

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.

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

If 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.