Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly famous quotes

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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

#Civilization #Degrees #Corruption
Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage.
-- Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

#Women #Next #Bandages
The artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description.
-- Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

#Art #Lying #Morality
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

#Atheist #Long #End Of Life
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

#Happiness #Men #Glasses
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

#Hands #Soul #Secret
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

#Lust #Excess #Human Nature
Passions are less mischievous than boredom, for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase.
-- Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

#Passion #Boredom #Increase
The crimes of extreme civilization are certainly more atrocious than those of extreme barbarism.
-- Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

#Art #Philosophy #Civilization
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

#Paris #Pretty Woman #Devil
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

#Taken #Typical #Deeds

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