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Charles Peguy
French
Philosopher
About the author
Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Man
#Poverty
#Genius
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Freedom
#Tyranny
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Love
#Friendship
#Genius
Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Today
#Old
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Truth
Freedom is a system based on courage.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Freedom
#Courage
Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Son
#Father
A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher
#Writer
#Word
#Tears
We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.
Charles Peguy,
French
Philosopher