“A perfectly true thought, expressed in very sound terms, can satisfy the reason without giving any impression of the Beautiful; but in that case certainly there is something false in its statement. It is essential that Truth be in Glory. Splendor of style is not a luxury. It is a necessity.”

— Léon Bloy

Source: Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947), p. 88

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French writer, poet and essayist 1846–1917

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