Quote by Georges Bernanos
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but r

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. – Georges Bernanos

Other quotes by Georges Bernanos

What does the truth matter? Havent 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! – Georges Bernanos

Category:
Deception/Lying
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I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I dont despise it. But it cant quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it. – Georges Bernanos

Category:
Kindness
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Masses
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The mind of the people is like mud, from which arise strange and beautiful things. – W. J. Turner

Category:
Masses

The mass believes that it has the right to impose and to give force of law to notions born in the caf – Jos

Category:
Masses

The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception. – Walter Benjamin

Category:
Masses

The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Masses

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