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Georges Bernanos, born on February 20, 1888, was a renowned French novelist and playwright. His works deeply revealed the complexities of human nature and the dark aspects of society, making him an important representative of French literature.

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“[A] good Christian does not care for miracles very much, because a miracle is God looking after His own affairs, and we prefer looking after them for Him.”

Doe Care Christian Miracle Affair Good Christian

Author:Georges Bernanos

“A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.”

Doe Wisdom Inspiration Action Results

Book:Last Essays

Source: Last Essays

“What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!”

Doe War Matter Lying Mother Literature Given Sleep Havens Son Taste Warm Breasts Deceit Cradle Lulls

Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

“What does it matter, all is grace.”

Doe Matter Grace Does It Matter

Author:Georges Bernanos

“Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.”

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Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

“The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.”

Doe States Literature Nations Rights Modern Duty

Book:Last Essays

Source: Last Essays

“When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all inner strength seem to melt away in floods of self-pity and tenderness and rising tears?”

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Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

About the Author

Born: February 20, 1888
Died: July 5, 1948
Known for: Author
Quotes: 79

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The Diary of a Country PriestRelated source material

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Monsieur OuineRelated source material

A diary of my timesRelated source material

The ImpostorRelated source material

MouchetteRelated source material

7 romans de Georges Bernanos : Sous le soleil de Satan, L’Imposture, La Joie, Un crime, Journal d’un curé de campagne, Nouvelle Histoire de Mouchette, Monsieur OuineRelated source material

Dialogues des carmélitesRelated source material

Les Enfants humiliésRelated source material

Plea for Liberty: Letters to the English, the Americans, the EuropeansRelated source material

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