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Julien Benda Quotes

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill Picture Quote #1
Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle’s remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost Picture Quote #1
The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant Picture Quote #1
The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt Picture Quote #1
The modern moralists extol... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life Picture Quote #1
The desire to abase the values of knowledge before the values of action Picture Quote #1
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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace Picture Quote #1
I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man’s future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring Picture Quote #1
Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind. In this sense the most insignificant writer can serve peace, where the most powerful tribunals can do nothing Picture Quote #1
Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared Picture Quote #1
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died Picture Quote #1
That teaching according to which intellectual activity is worthy of esteem to the extent that it is practical and to that extent alone Picture Quote #1
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If shame is cried upon him, … he will point out … that today he has to earn his living, and that it is not his fault if he is eager to support the class which takes a pleasure in his productions Picture Quote #1
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It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill  (Julien Benda Quotes) Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle’s remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost  (Julien Benda Quotes) The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant  (Julien Benda Quotes) The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt  (Julien Benda Quotes) The modern moralists extol... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life  (Julien Benda Quotes) The desire to abase the values of knowledge before the values of action  (Julien Benda Quotes) Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace  (Julien Benda Quotes) I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man’s future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring  (Julien Benda Quotes) Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind. In this sense the most insignificant writer can serve peace, where the most powerful tribunals can do nothing  (Julien Benda Quotes) Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared  (Julien Benda Quotes) And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died  (Julien Benda Quotes) That teaching according to which intellectual activity is worthy of esteem to the extent that it is practical and to that extent alone  (Julien Benda Quotes) If shame is cried upon him, … he will point out … that today he has to earn his living, and that it is not his fault if he is eager to support the class which takes a pleasure in his productions  (Julien Benda Quotes)