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sriq's review
"Elegant living is, in the broad acceptance of the term, the art of animating repose."
"The artist is an exception: his idleness is work, and his work, repose; he is elegant and slovenly in turn; he dons, as he pleases, the plowman's overalls, and determines the tails worn by the man in fashion; he is not subject to laws: he imposes them."
"Both libertine and dandy considered cruelty to be most natural, virtue an artificial construct, and egoism the only law worth obeying. But the dandy differed from the libertine in that he did not embrace this conception of the natural state, and instead chose to celebrate the excesses of artifice."
"Anyone who does not frequently visit Paris will never be completely elegant."
"Nothing resembles a man less than a man!"
"Consider also, madame, that there are revolting perfections."
"Good has but one style; evil a thousand."
"The artist is an exception: his idleness is work, and his work, repose; he is elegant and slovenly in turn; he dons, as he pleases, the plowman's overalls, and determines the tails worn by the man in fashion; he is not subject to laws: he imposes them."
"Both libertine and dandy considered cruelty to be most natural, virtue an artificial construct, and egoism the only law worth obeying. But the dandy differed from the libertine in that he did not embrace this conception of the natural state, and instead chose to celebrate the excesses of artifice."
"Anyone who does not frequently visit Paris will never be completely elegant."
"Nothing resembles a man less than a man!"
"Consider also, madame, that there are revolting perfections."
"Good has but one style; evil a thousand."
sebarose's review
3.0
This book contained a particularly interesting justification for the importance and service to society provided by men of elegant leisure: without men of elegant leisure, politicians, workers, the middle and lower classes, as well of the non-elegant upper classes, have no reason to work, no light in their life, no purpose or hope for humanity. The finely attired man working hard at socializing and not working is performing a valuable service to humankind. Oh, to be so dandy!
heypretty52's review
3.0
I'm very upset that my original review of this work was lost, becuase I don't remember enough to review it again. I'm sure it was at least partially comedic.
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