Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Quotes

In Paris, where raillery is so quick to throw emotion out the window, silence, in a roomful of clever people after a story, is the most flattering of all marks of success

In Paris, where raillery is so quick to throw emotion out the window, silence, in a roomful of clever people after a story, is the most flattering of all marks of success

Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Tags: cynicism, flattering, paris, silence, storytelling, success

Passions are less mischievous than boredom for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase.

Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Passions are less mischievous than boredom for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase.

Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Tags: boring, days

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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly (2 November 1808 – 23 April 1889) was a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural. He had a decisive influence on writers such as Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Henry James, Leon Bloy, and Marcel Proust.