Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Charles Peguy Philosopher

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Jan 7, 1873
  • Died: Sep 4, 1914

Charles Pierre Péguy was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor born in Orléans. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a believing but non-practicing Roman Catholic. From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his works.

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

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

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

Freedom is a system based on courage. courage

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