“When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you’re bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep!”
Georges Bernanos
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“It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.”
Georges Bernanos
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“The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.”
Georges Bernanos
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“Who are you to condemn another’s sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.”
Georges Bernanos
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“It’s a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.”
Georges Bernanos
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“The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.”
Georges Bernanos
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“A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.”
Georges Bernanos
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“No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.”
Georges Bernanos
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“Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.”
Georges Bernanos
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“The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.”
Georges Bernanos
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