Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret
Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret
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Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much
Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much.
To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one’s landlady
To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one’s landlady.
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible
We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.
There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed
There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love
Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic
Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.