Of all sexual aberrations perhaps the most curious is chastity.

De toutes les aberrations sexuelles, la plus singulière est peut-être encore la chasteté.

Remy de Gourmont

More information about this quote

Topic

Chastity

Author

Remy de Gourmont

Source

The Natural Philosophy of Love

Language

French

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Gourmont, Remy. Physique de l'Amor: Essai Sur l'Instinct Sexuel [Physics of Love - Essay on Sexual Instinct]. Mercure de France, 1903, ch. 18.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Remy de Gourmont about chastity: “Of all sexual aberrations perhaps the most curious is chastity.”
Download
A quote by Remy de Gourmont about chastity: “Of all sexual aberrations perhaps the most curious is chastity.”
Download
A quote by Remy de Gourmont about chastity: “Of all sexual aberrations perhaps the most curious is chastity.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1900s

Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Ecce Homo

Buy Ecce Homo at Amazon Buy Ecce Homo at Amazon
Read Ecce Homo at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Resentment Envy

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Ecce Homo
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1908 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist [Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is]. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1908.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is, translated by Duncan Large. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote originally in French

A house is a machine for living in.

Le Corbusier

Toward an Architecture

More information about this quote
Topic
Houses Home Architecture

Author

Le Corbusier
Source
Toward an Architecture
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Corbusier, Le. Vers une Architecture. Editions G. Crès et Cie., 1923.

Current Citation

Corbusier, Le. Toward an Architecture. Getty Research Institute, 2007.