French - Philosopher | February 28, 1823 - October 2, 1892
Communism is in conflict with human nature.
Ernest Renan
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Our opinions become fixed at the point where we stop thinking.
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The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
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As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.
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To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.
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Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.
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The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
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Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.
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Man makes holy what he believes.
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When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.
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The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.
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I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.
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