"It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice."

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Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 46), 1937.

African Spir

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“We only get better by pushing ourselves.”
“It's very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages.”
“When book and reader's furrowed brow meet, it isn't always the book that's stupid.”
“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”
“In permitting gambling enterprises to flourish in the United States and abroad, the United States undermines global socio-economic stability in contravention of its international obligations”
“Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.”
“A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect.”
“When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.”

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