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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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. – Georges Bernanos

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Fear
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What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. – Georges Bernanos

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Youth
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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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Whether you think a film will affect society or its plain entertainment, its all excellent, its all noble. – Joaquin Phoenix

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The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought. – Emma Goldman

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Society

The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama. – Edward Bond

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Society

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teachers instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. – Xun Zi

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Society

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My imagination is my polestar I steer by that. – Clive Barker

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The vacation we often need is freedom from our own mind. – Jack Adam Weber

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And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,
She needs not June for beautys heightening… – Matthew Arnold

Those who do not complain are never pitied. – Jane Austen

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