If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. - Edmond de Goncourt
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. - Edmond de Goncourt
I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin. - Edmond de Goncourt