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Remy de Gourmont Quotes - Page 2

We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.

Remy de Gourmont (1921). “Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas”

Modesty is the delicate form of hypocrisy.

Remy de Gourmont (1920). “Philosophic Nights in Paris”

An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself.

Remy de Gourmont (1928). “Remy de Gourmont: Selections from All His Works”