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The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

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Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.

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When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

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The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

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Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.

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The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

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It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.

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As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

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If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 3rd, 1909

Died: August 24th, 1943

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