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Edgar Quinet Quotes:

Life: February 17, 1803 - March 27, 1875

Birthday: February 17

Death: March 27

Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.

- Edgar Quinet

source: Edgar Quinet (1845). “Ultramontanism: Or, The Roman Church and Modern Society”, p.87

topic: Discovery, Wish, Orthodoxy, New Discoveries

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