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

Quote by Charles Peguy

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Freedom is a system based on courage.

Freedom is a system based on courage.

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

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

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

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

Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

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

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the...

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the...

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

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

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

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.