Remy de GourmontThinkers

An Altruist is a reasonable egotist.

The Altruist is a reasonable selfish person.

Art is the accomplice of love.

The Child is always a small miracle of intelligence before they become the idiots that will populate the world.

A Definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.

Genius is the talent of dead men.

Indulgence is an aristocratic form of contempt.

Irony is a form of clairvoyance.

Man is one who begins by making love and ends by loving a woman; woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.

Man (human) is the inventor of stupidity.

Truth is generally nothing but prejudice.