Quote by Georges Bernanos
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surro

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

Other quotes by Georges Bernanos

Who are you to condemn anothers sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. – Georges Bernanos

Category:
Sin
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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
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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

Category:
Charity
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Other Quotes from
Youth
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Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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Youth

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell. – Louise Bogan

Category:
Youth

Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Youth

Youth lives on hope, old age on memories. – Proverb

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Youth

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alone

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. – Rachel Carson

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The iPod completely changed the way people approach music. – Karl Lagerfeld

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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball. – Mickey Mantle, 1970

Category:
Baseball