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The gods conform scrupulously to the sentiments of their worshippers: they have reasons for so doing.
The White Stone (1905)
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Archangel Michael, and you, Powers, Thrones, and Dominations, swear all of you to be faithful to your God.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.
Satan found pleasure in praise and in the exercise of his grace; he loved to hear his wisdom and his power belauded.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
With impassive gaze, Michael, prince of warriors, measured the extent of the disaster, and his keen intelligence penetrated its causes.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
The greatest changes in social life are wrought imperceptibly, and are only seen from afar.
The White Stone (1905)
Already his vast shadow shed upon the unhappy planet a shade soft as a night of love.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
A couple of centuries later, in the time of Constantine, both pagans and Christians will have, so to speak, the same morals and philosophy.
The White Stone (1905)
For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
The sun is about to descend into the roseate waters of the Sacred River.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Nevertheless, at that moment a saint ruled over the Church.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants.
Penguin Island (1908)
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.