Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to curse liberty- to curse life, which is nothing, if it be not free. Remy de Gourmont More Quotes by Remy de Gourmont More Quotes From Remy de Gourmont 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. Remy de Gourmont understanding enough secret Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. Remy de Gourmont learning education lying Most men who rail against women are railing at one woman only. Remy de Gourmont rail relationship men We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. Remy de Gourmont sensibility education Women are the simple, and poets the superior, artisans of language... the intervention of grammarians is almost always bad. Remy de Gourmont poet language simple Art is the flower of life and, as seed, it gives back life. Remy de Gourmont flower giving art Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him. Remy de Gourmont suits individuality men God is not all that exists. God is all that does not exist. Remy de Gourmont doe The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws. Remy de Gourmont 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. Remy de Gourmont good you practice time Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art. Remy de Gourmont man aesthetic love art