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Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.
— Remy de Gourmont
Tags: invention, more, humanity, war

Other Quotes by "Remy de Gourmont"

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.
— Remy de Gourmont
Tags: will, time, you, good
Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.
— Remy de Gourmont
Tags: men, kiss, relationship, women
Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
— Remy de Gourmont
Tags: peculiar, sexual, perhaps, most
Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.
— Remy de Gourmont
Tags: reason, ideas, nothing, man
Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.
— Remy de Gourmont
Tags: aesthetic, man, art, love
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