Jules de Goncourt was a 19th-century French writer known for his delicate psychological descriptions and realistic style. His works deeply reflected the social changes of the time and the inner world of individuals.
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“Only a woman of the world is a woman; the rest are females.”
“That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.”
“Antiquity was perhaps created to provide professors with their bread and butter.”
“There are two infinities in this world: God up above, and down below, human baseness.”
“History is a novel which did take place; a novel is history that could take place.”
“When incredulity becomes a faith, it is less rational than a religion.”