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Quote by Charles Peguy

“The life of an honest man must be a perpetual infidelity.”

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Charles Péguy was a French poet born on January 7, 1873, and died on September 5, 1914. He was one of the key figures in the Symbolist movement and is known for his unique poetic style and profound religious faith. more

“We said that a single injustice, a single crime, a single illegality, particularly if it is officially recorded, confirmed, a single wrong to humanity, a single wrong to justice and to right, particularly if it is universally, legally, nationally, commodiously accepted, that a single crime shatters and is sufficient to shatter the whole social pact, the whole social contract, that a single legal crime, a single dishonorable act will bring about the loss of ones honor, the dishonor of a whole people. It is a touch of gangrene that corrupts the entire body.”

People Ifs Said Whole Body Humanity Social Justice Loss Crime Honor Injustice Accepted Sufficient Contracts Dishonor Pact Social Contract Dishonorable

Author:Charles Peguy

“There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That's what you're writing for, to get people to respond to it.”

People Writing Years Kind Has Beens Reading

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“Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.”

Men Forget Known Knowledge Identity Ten Thirty Forget Him

Author:Catherine Drinker Bowen

“While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story.”

People Thinking Writing Stories Subjects Serious Humorous Aspect Agree Pleasant Serious Subjects

Author:Ann Beattie

“I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.”

People Thinking Way Years Different Used Song Culture Names Boys Summer Dancing Used To Be Different Ways Fourteen

Author:Ann Beattie

“I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.”

Thinking Serious Bleak

Author:Ann Beattie

“I've spent my life supporting myself.”

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