Jean-Francois de La Harpe quotes
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“We never forget those who make us blush.”
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“Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden.”
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“We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.”
-- Jean-Francois de La HarpeSource : "Mélanie". I, 1, 1770.
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“Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself.”
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“To teach successfully we must tell all we know, but only what is adaptable to the student.”
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“We weaken what we exaggerate.”
-- Jean-Francois de La Harpe
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“Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.”
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“In love one had need of being believed, in friendship of being understood.”
Source : Abel Bonnard (1933). “The Art of Friendship”
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“Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
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Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.17, Lulu.com
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Source : Antonia Fraser (2010). “Marie Antoinette”, p.54, Hachette UK
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“You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”
Source : "Fictional character: Gordon Deitrich". "V for Vendetta", www.imdb.com. 2005.
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