We can know nothing till after this grave debate. The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage bare, and do its work completely.

Quote by Georges Duhamel

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It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken...

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken...

Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and...

Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and...

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for...

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not...

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not...

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the...

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the...

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them...

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them...

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his...

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his...

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the...

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

The memory is a treasurer to whom we must give funds, if we would draw...

The memory is a treasurer to whom we must give funds, if we would draw...

The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through...

The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through...

Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine...

Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...

We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us...

We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us...

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.