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If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. Norman Cousins		Wednesday Feb 04, 2026
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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly. François-René de Chateaubriand

Quote Author: François-René de Chateaubriand

	François-René de Chateaubriand
	(1768-1848) French Writer and Statesman

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Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it.

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue.- The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

The morning of life is like the dawn of day, full of purity, of imagery, and harmony.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

L'écrivain original n'est pas celui qui n'imite personne, mais celui que personne ne peut imiter. The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.