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Ernest Renan quotes about life

French Philosopher February 28, 1823 – October 12, 1892

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What is human life? Is it not a maimed happiness—care and weariness, weariness and care, with the baseless expectation...of a brighter tomorrow? Ernest Renan
No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life. Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan quote: "I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life."
I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life. Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan quote: "When people complain of life, it is almost always because they..."
When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it. Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan quote: "The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which..."
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life. Ernest Renan

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