"And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died."

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Source : Julien Benda (2011). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”, p.203, Transaction Publishers

Julien Benda

#Happiness Quotes #Jesus Quotes #Laughter Quotes

“I do tend to overdo everything.”
“Sometimes we make decisions because it seems to be the only path visible at the moment. It's only later that we see there was more than one path, but the others were blocked from our vision at the time. That's the thing with hindsight, you see. Even if you can see it clearly, there's no going back. It's at that point we need to turn around and stare ahead and make a new life.”
“Fashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic. Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don't burn your wings.”

Source : Yves Saint Laurent (1983). “Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume”, p.18, Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Imagine what you will be, and it will be so.”
“Anything less than the best is a felony.”

Source : Song: Ice Ice Baby, Album: Hard to Swallow, 1998
“I'm not a leading guy.”
“I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.”

Source : "All the world's an art school". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2004.
“Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.”

Source : FaceBook post by Carolina Herrera from Jul 09, 2012

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