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Its a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in o

Its a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. – Georges Bernanos

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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
Author
Georges Bernanos
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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. – Georges Bernanos

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Faith
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Georges Bernanos
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The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. – Albert Camus

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Whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. – Bible

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You cannot hold your head high with your hand out. – Yiddish Proverb

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Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. – Henry Bolingbroke

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