36 Quotes by Edmond De Goncourt

The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.

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.

There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries.

Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings.

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.

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate.

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.