"Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot." — Edgar Quinet
"Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot."
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Edgar Quinet
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13 Quotes by Edgar Quinet
Edgar Quinet has 13 quotes on this site.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
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Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy…
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Time is the fairest and toughest judge.
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What are all political and social institutions, but always a religion, which in realizing itself, becomes incarnate in the world?
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It is certain that if you would have the whole secret of a people, you must enter into the intimacy…
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The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within…
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The ceding of Alsace-Lorraine is nothing but war in perpetuity under the mask of peace.
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What we share with another ceases to be our own....
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I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.
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Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still,…
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An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body.
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Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it…
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A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the…
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The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was…
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A word is all it takes to put a man in prison, or to seize his property, or to end…
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I've dodged bullets but there's no scandal in my life.
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When I think of how things could have turned out, I feel as if I've dodged, not just bullets, but…
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It was like something you have dreaded and feared and dodged for years until it seemed like all your life,…
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I dodged behind Mac for cover and refused to take the bait. I glanced at my nonexistent watch. 'Oops, look…
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Abruptly he thrust his snow-drenched leather gloves against my cheeks. I dodged. A raw carnal feeling blazed up within me,…
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Do you guys remember that time when we were all definitely going to die and then Ben grabbed the steering…
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It seemed to him that in Annawadi, fortunes derived not just from what people did, or how well they did…
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