What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

Quote by Georges Bernanos

Topics: Truth Quotes

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any...

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any...

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.

When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you're...

When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you're...

Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a...

Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a...

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough...

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough...

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action...

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action...

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than...

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than...

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the...

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the...

No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.

No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.

Hell, madam, is to love no longer.

Hell, madam, is to love no longer.

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the...

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the...

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it...

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it...

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem...

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem...

Hell, madam, is to love no longer

Hell, madam, is to love no longer

Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it,...

Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it,...

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order...

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order...

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives...

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives...

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face...

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face...