Émile Chartier Short Quotes

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Any kind of barbarism, once established, will last.

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Idleness is the mother of all vices, but also of all virtues.

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Thought is saying no, and it is to itself that thought says no.

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Untie, liberate, and do not be afraid. He who is free is disarmed.

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Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.

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When the pack is out hunting, the dogs do not fight among themselves.

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Happiness is a reward that comes to those that have not looked for it.

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Our errors perish before we do. Let's not mummify them and keep them around.

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We prove anything we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.

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Work is the best and worst of all things; the best of it is voluntary, the worst of it is servile.

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If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

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Never be insolent unless it is a deliberate decision, and only toward a man more powerful than yourself.

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Politeness is for people toward whom we feel indifferent, and moods, both good and bad, are for those we love.

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Certainly thinking is pleasant, but the pleasure of thinking must be subordinated to the art of making decisions.

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In short, the important thing is to get started. No matter how; then there will be time to ask yourself where you are going.

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Every menial condition is bearable as long as one can exercise authority over one's work and be assured that the job is permanent.

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We are advised and led along by second-rate moralists who only know how to work themselves into a delirium and pass their illness onto others.

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In short, the anomaly of war is that the best men get themselves killed while crafty men find their chance to govern in a manner contrary to justice.

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It is clear that in mulling over harsh judgments, sinister predictions, and bad memories, we fashion our own sadness; in a certain sense, we savor it.

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An author of antiquity said that every event has two handles, and that, in order to carry it, there is no sense in choosing the one that hurts the hand.

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Everybody continually tries to get away with as much as he can; and society is a marvelous machine which allows decent people to be cruel without realizing it.

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It is very true that we ought to think of the happiness of others; but it is not often enough said that the best thing we can do for those who love us is to be happy ourselves.

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