Quote by Georges Bernanos
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is t

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. – Georges Bernanos

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Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. – Georges Bernanos

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Peace
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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

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Deception/Lying
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Society
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No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. – John Ruskin

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Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon. – Octavio Paz

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Society

We feed on the world in increasingly desperate attempts to compensate for feelings of incompleteness, separation, and alienation. This is a sorry way to live. – Ken McLeod, Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention

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Society

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak. – Charles R. Swindoll

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Society

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Children and drunks always speak the truth. – Proverb

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I have watched people who have nothing to do with the film business, but who have become part of the circle for a short period of time. They can be truly devastated when the film wraps and people leave. – Jacqueline Bisset

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