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