Octave Mirbeau Quotes


While all is new, all is beautiful. That is a well-known song. Yes, and the next day the air changes into another one equally well known.


Citations

Mirbeau, Octave. A Chambermaid's Diary. Translated by Benjamin R. Tucker, B. R. Tucker, 1900.

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Octave Mirbeau
Octave Mirbeau
  • Born: February 16, 1848
  • Died: February 16, 1917
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer

Octave Mirbeau was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde with highly transgressive novels that explored violence, abuse and psychological detachment. His work has been translated into thirty languages.