"Social confusion has now reached a point at which the pursuit of immorality turns out to be more exhausting than compliance with the old moral codes."

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Source : Denis de Rougemont (1983). “Love in the Western World”, p.25, Princeton University Press

Denis de Rougemont

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“I believe people run marathons every day of their lives in one way or another, and we need to remember to give ourselves the finishers' medals we deserve.”
“Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.”
“I have lived through war, and lost much. I know what's worth the fight, and what is not. Honor and courage are matters of the bone, and what a man will kill for, he will sometimes die for, too. And that, O kinsman, is why a woman has broad hips; that bony basin will harbor a man and his child alike. A man's life springs from his woman's bones, and in her blood is his honor christened. For the sake of love alone, I would walk through fire again.”
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants or wealthy planters, had been founded by one of its illiterate slaves, who, by sheer force of personality, charisma, and determination, liberated America from foreign rule, united the people, created an alphabet, wrote the constitution, established universal religious freedom, invented a new system of warfare, marched an army from Canada to Brazil, and opened roads of commerce in a free-trade zone that stretched across the continents.”
“I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.”
“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”
“I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.”
“I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.”

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