Quotes by Goncourt, Edmond and Jules De

I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seat >>

That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, i >>

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in >>

Quotations about Bores and Boredom

The penalty for success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. >>

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will >>

Boredom is the root of all evil--the despairing refusal to be oneself. >>

There are moments when, faced with our lack of success, I wonder whether we are failures, proud but impotent. One thing reassures me as to our value: the boredom that afflicts us. It is the hall-mark of quality in modern men.

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules De