“It has never been given to a man to attain at once his happiness and his salvation.”
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Famous Charles Peguy Quotes
“There will be things that I do that no one will be left to understand.”
“When a man dies, he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.”
“A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.”
“Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.”
“It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.”
“One has not the right to betray even a traitor. Traitors must be fought, got betrayed.”
“Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.”
“The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope.”
Source: The Portal of the Mystery of Hope
“Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.”
“It is better to have a war for justice than peace in injustice.”