7 Quotes & Sayings By Paul Bourget

Paul Bourget (1874-1956) was born in Paris, France. He studied law at the University of Paris. After his studies he worked as a lawyer for several years before becoming an editor at the Paris Herald for which he published several stories, novels and plays. His first novel, Le Voyageur du temps appeared in 1903 to positive reviews Read more

He was best known for his novels, La Petite Fadette (1911) and Le Dernier des hommes (1914). He was elected to the Académie française in 1942.

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At certain moments, words are nothing; it is thetone in which they are uttered. Paul Bourget
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Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of thesinful. Paul Bourget
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It is vain to try to sacrifice once for all one'syouthful ideals. Paul Bourget
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Even after making up one's mind to the sacrifices Ihad decided upon, there is always left a trace of envyfor those who have triumphed in the melancholystruggle for literary supremacy Paul Bourget
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Unhappiness indicates wrong thinking just as ill health indicates a bad regimen. Paul Bourget
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One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived. Paul Bourget