Creative Quotations from . . .
Remy de Gourmont
(1858-1915) born on Apr 04
French "novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher". He was one of the most intelligent contemporary critics of the French symbolist movement.
 
   
F
In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to flocks, to trees. One should be indifferent to nothing."

R
Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.
A
Two elements are needed to form a truth -- a fact and an abstraction.
N
Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.
K
Before undergoing a surgical operation arrange your temporal affairs -- you may live.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Philosophic Nights in Paris.""
R: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A: "In "The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases," by Donald Bolander, 1987."
N: ""Promenades philosophiques.""
K: Referring to the time when he was called to operate upon Queen Victoria.



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