We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.
About Charles Peguy
Charles Pierre Peguywas a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism; by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a believingRoman Catholic.
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We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today’s newspaper.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
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.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
Freedom is a system based on courage.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873-1914)