If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. Edmond De Goncourt Next Quote A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. - Edmond De Goncourt Previous Quote The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it. - Edmond De Goncourt