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When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it.
You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
Satan, whose flesh had crept, in days gone by, at the idea that suffering prevailed in the world, now felt himself inaccessible to pity.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
And to me it seems that you have fallen asleep upon a white rock, and in a parish of dreams, and have dreamt all this in a moment while it was night.
The White Stone (1905)
Un conte sans amour est comme du boudin sans moutarde; c’est chose insipide.
Upon the whole, humanity changes little. What has been shall be.
The White Stone (1905)
Beyond that, it was impossible to obtain a word from the valiant chief, and this silence seemed the mark of a genius sure of himself.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
It was unable to substitute itself for paganism until such time as paganism came to resemble it, and itself came to resemble paganism.
The White Stone (1905)
And the successor of the apostles felt flooded with rapture.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
The archangel Michael took supreme command. He reassured their minds by his serenity. His countenance, wherein his soul was visible, expressed contempt for danger.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.
The great human asset is man himself.
The White Stone (1905)
You seem to have dreamt on the white stone, in the midst of the people of dreams, since you dreamt so long a dream in the course of so short a night.
The White Stone (1905)
Blessed be Thy name. Thy will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
The Revolt of the Angels (1914)
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
On devient bon écrivain comme on devient bon menuisier: en rabotant ses phrases.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)