"Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them."

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Source : Henry de Montherlant (1960). “Selected Essays”, London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Henry de Montherlant

#Men Quotes #Triumph Quotes #World Quotes

“You know how to split atoms, how to send explorers to the moon, how to splice genes, but you don't know how people ought to live.”
“I have no idea what to do with myself. And while I wait for my epiphany, I feel the toxins collecting in my body.”
“Sandoz turned and accepted the book, looking at the spine. "Aeschylus?" Wordlessly, Guiuliani pointed out the passage, and Emilio studied it a while, slowly translating the Greek in his mind. Finally, he said, " ' In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, againstour will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.' "”

Source : "The Sparrow". Book by Mary Doria Russell, February 23, 2010.
“Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules.”
“J.K. Rowling is a talented storyteller, but she has also used the style and technique of modern television and cinema media, which seizes the imagination by pummelling it, bombarding it with powerful stimuli, in a rapid pace, with plenty of emotional rewards.”
“Hopefully I can be a good light in the hockey world and promote faith as something that's really real.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“I've had this look for about a year. I usually grow this beard out around Christmas. I like to go to malls dressed as Jesus, and I like to then walk around the mall and go, 'No! No! This wasn't what it was supposed to be about, people!' Then if there's a Santa at the mall, I walk up to him and say, 'Listen, fat man, you're just a clown at my birthday party.'”
“She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.”

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