"Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice."

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Source : Georges Duhamel (1918). “The New Book of Martyrs: From the French of Georges Duhamel”

Georges Duhamel

#Humble Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“At 10, I was intrigued by surgery, I wanted to be a surgeon for a long time. I love doctor shows and surgery shows. Blood is not an issue for me. I even took pictures once of me getting my blood taken.”
“Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks / Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks / The founder's you; the table is this place / The carvers we; the prologue is the grace / Each act a course, each scene, a different dish.”
“If we once, and for so long, lived in balance with nature and each other, we should be able to do so again”

Source : "Take My Advice : Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two". Book edited by James L. Harmon, 2007.
“Home run hitters strike out a lot.”
“I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.”

Source : "What Does Moon Flight Mean Now" by Josh Getlin, The Seattle Times, p. A10, July 19, 1994.
“It's not that George Bush doesn't care about black people, god made hurricanes, not people who can't swim.”
“In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers, And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn: Object of my implacable disgust.”
“Article Five: If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then just practice the art of becoming.”

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