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Quote by Georges Bernanos
God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else

God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they dont know it. – Georges Bernanos

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When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, youre bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep! – Georges Bernanos

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

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I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me. – Joseph Addison

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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. – Arthur Ashe

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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses. – Proverb

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If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only. – Arabic Proverb

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I very rarely came across rude or disrespectful people. I dont know how I slipped by all of them, but I honestly cant think of one experience off the top of my head that was like that. Im sure theyre there, but Id have to think really hard to recall them. – Scott Baio

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What is a big shot except a little shot that kept on shooting. – Proverb

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