Quote by: Edmond de Goncourt

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdmond de Goncourt
  • DescriptionFrench writer
  • BornMay 26, 1822
  • DiedJuly 16, 1896
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionWriter; Art Historian; Historian