Jean Rostand's Quote - We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men

Quote by Jean Rostand

We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men

We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job. – Jean Rostand

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The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. – Henry David Thoreau

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As pure water poured into pure water becomes the very same, so does the Self of the illumined man or woman verily become one with the Godhead. – Katha Upanishad

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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

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Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. – Simone Weil

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