"It is the perpetual dread of fear, the……" — Georges Bernanos

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that… - Georges Bernanos

"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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40 Quotes by Georges Bernanos

Georges Bernanos has 40 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume…
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from…
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.
The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go…
To be able to share in another's joy, that is the secret of happiness.
Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let…
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight…

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More Brave Quotes

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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate… — Aristotle
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. — Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,… — Aristotle
I'm not funny. What I am is brave. — Lucille Ball
You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave. — Clive Barker
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. — Aesop
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks… — Julie Burchill
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. — Alan Alda
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected. — Julius Caesar
The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. — Thomas Carlyle

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