"Marshal Petain's Vichy regime looked like that new start. A couple of years later, it wasn't so evident that he was going to be able to protect them from German extortions, and it didn't look so much as though they had won the war, either. And so by '43, a lot of people are shifting sides."

-- Robert O. Paxton

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“It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.”
“There is no college for the conscience.”
“Time was God's first creation.”
“In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to forget their existence, and the buried ones, or prisoners whom they hide. But sometimes, and oftenest at midnight, those dark receptacles are flung wide open. In an hour like this, when the mind has a passive sensibility, but no active strength; when the imagination is a mirror, imparting vividness to all ideas, without the power of selecting or controlling them; then pray that your grieves may slumber, and the brotherhood of remorse not break their chain.”
“Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970.”
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.”
“The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.”

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