Quotes about Literature by Edmond de Goncourt

2 quotes about Literature by Edmond de Goncourt

Edmond de Goncourt French critic and writer

The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the...

The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.

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Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the...

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

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