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We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.


Jean Rostand

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CHARLES MONTESQUIEU We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.
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JEAN GIRAUDOUX Despair is the only genuine atheism.
JEAN PAUL I am a lie who always speaks the truth.
JEAN COCTEAU I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.
JEAN COCTEAU Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
JEAN COCTEAU Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.
JEAN ANOUILH Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.
JEAN PAUL