Edmond de Goncourt Quotes

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

- Edmond De Goncourt

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The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals. - Edmond De Goncourt

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