We priests are the surgeons of souls, and it is our duty to deliver them of shameful secrets they would fain conceal, with hands careful to neither wound no pollute. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly More Quotes by Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly More Quotes From Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they presuppose, and their superior degree of intellectuality. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly degrees corruption civilization Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly bandages women next They had...finished their lives before their death - which is not always the end of life and often comes long before the end. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly end-of-life atheist long The crimes of extreme civilization are certainly more atrocious than those of extreme barbarism. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly philosophy civilization art Happy men are grave. They carry their happiness cautiously, as they would a glass filled to the brim which the slightest movement could cause to spill over, or break. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly glasses happiness men The artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly morality lying art Yet, whether to the glory or to the shame of human nature, in what we call pleasure (with an excess of scorn, perhaps) there are abysses as deep as those of love. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly excess human-nature lust I did not want to be taken for a fool-the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly typical deeds taken For in Paris, whenever God puts a pretty woman there (the streets), the Devil, in reply, immediately puts a fool to keep her. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly pretty-woman paris devil Passions are less mischievous than boredom, for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase. Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly boredom increase passion
