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"He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."

"At least I'm not afraid, and no one will ever call me boring."

"Throw a warrior to the wolves and he'll return a conqueror."

"Fear makes people speechless."

"When the sails are strong a ship has no reason to fear turbulence."

"All great achievements of humanity begin with the madness of a few lion-hearts."

"Walking on water is safer than sailing in a leaking boat."
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"Monsieur Bienvenu was simply a man who accepted these mysterious questions...and who had in his soul a deep respect for the mystery which enveloped them."


"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves-say rather, loved in spite of ourselves."


"There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit."


"...Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is authority based on falsehood, whereas science is authority based on truth. Man should be governed by science alone.""And conscience," added the bishop."It's the same thing. Conscience is the quota of innate science we each have inside us."


"History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose result is reality. Furthermore, history and legend have the same goal; to depict eternal man beneath momentary man."


"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."
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