Quotessence
Home / Authors / Denis de Rougemont Books
Denis de Rougemont

Denis de Rougemont Books

Writer

Related Quotes

“One possessed a thousand and three women (in Spain alone), the other only one. But it is multiplicity that is impoverished, whilethe entire world is concentrated in a single being infinitely possessed. Tristan no longer needs the world--because he loves! While Don Juan, always loved, cannot love in return. Hence his anguish and his frenzied course.”

WorldNeedsThreeCoursesReturnThousandPossessedAnguishSpainMultiplicityDon JuanJuan
Book:Love Declared: Essays on the Myths of Love
Create image

“Both in the lower and the middle classes the wiseacres urge young men 'to think it over' before taking the decisive step. Thus they foster the delusion that the choice of a wife or husband may be governed by a certain number of accurately weighable pros and cons. This is a crude delusion on the part of common sense.”

ThinkingMenMayYoungCertainChoicesCommonNumbersMarriageStepsClassWifeMiddleHusbandCommon SenseYoung ManMiddle ClassDelusionUrgesCrudePros And Cons
Author:Denis de Rougemont
Create image