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Charles Peguy quotes: He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

Charles Peguy quotes: When you love someone you love him as he is.

When you love someone you love him as he is.

Charles Peguy quotes: Freedom is a system based on courage.

Freedom is a system based on courage.

Charles Peguy quotes: A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

Charles Peguy quotes: Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.

Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.

Charles Peguy quotes: Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics.

Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics.

Charles Peguy quotes: It has never been given to a man to attain at once his happiness and his salvation.

It has never been given to a man to attain at once his happiness and his salvation.

Charles Peguy quotes: The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint.

The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint.

Charles Peguy quotes: The classical artist can be recognized by his sincerity, the romantic by his laborious insincerity.

The classical artist can be recognized by his sincerity, the romantic by his laborious insincerity.

Charles Peguy quotes: Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

Charles Peguy quotes: It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.

It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.

Charles Peguy quotes: We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

Charles Peguy quotes: The references you do not verify are the good ones.

The references you do not verify are the good ones.

Charles Peguy quotes: I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.

I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.

Charles Peguy quotes: Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

Charles Peguy quotes: The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope.

The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope.

Charles Peguy quotes: Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

Charles Peguy quotes: The life of an honest man must be a perpetual infidelity.

The life of an honest man must be a perpetual infidelity.

Charles Peguy quotes: When a man dies, he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.

When a man dies, he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.

Charles Peguy quotes: Suffering passes; having suffered never passes.

Suffering passes; having suffered never passes.

Charles Peguy quotes: Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.

Charles Peguy quotes: We shall never know how many acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of appearing not sufficiently progressive.

We shall never know how many acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of appearing not sufficiently progressive.

Charles Peguy quotes: Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.

Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint.

Charles Peguy quotes: What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.

What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.

Charles Peguy quotes: It is better to have a war for justice than peace in injustice.

It is better to have a war for justice than peace in injustice.