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

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The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. – 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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But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell. – Louise Bogan

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If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength. – Proverb

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Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18. – Jim Bishop

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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Ecclesiastes 11:9 – Bible

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