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Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing.

Adrienne Monnier

The whole spirit must become incarnate and explore the possible.
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Explore Incarnate Possible Spirit
German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.
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Attentive Civility Country Offhandedness Person Respect Show Touching
The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.
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Cause Perfect Sight Sound Suffering
It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship.
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Friend Friendship Good Matter Term Venerate
The one who attacks always considers himself to be in the position of legitimate offense.
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Attack Consider Legitimate Offense Position
It imposes rhythms, it orders, it operates, it does not abandon the earth where its destiny must be fulfilled and whose own destiny must be fulfilled by it. Its history will be that of men and not of idle gods.
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Abandon Destiny Earth God History Impose Man Operate Order Rhythm
Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing.
ADRIENNE MONNIER

Artist Change Concern Deform Establish Giving Nothing Pleasure Transform
In my opinion what distinguishes the Bible from the other books is its sense of time. Its first concern is to establish a calendar. Then it traces a genealogy.
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Bible Book Calendar Concern Destiny Distinguish Establish Genealogy Opinion Other Sense Time
I am not sure that Christ would have been very satisfied to foresee that He would be looked upon principally as a redeemer and nailed forever upon the cross by human ignorance.
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Christ Foresee Forever Human Ignorance Men Principally Reedmer Satisfied
Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself.
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Displeasure.Oneself Stand Unkindness
One attacks those who possess things that one does not possess. The attack is all the more savage because the one who attacks is destitute and the one who is attacked is well provided.
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Atack Attack Destitute Doe Posses Savage Savages Well
Gaiety is forgetfulness of the self, melancholy is memory of the self: in that state the soul feels all the power of its roots, nothing distracts it from its profound homeland and the look that it casts upon the outer world is gently dismayed.
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Feel Forgetfulness Gaiety Homeland Melancholy Memories Power Profound Root Self Soul
I can easily do without people (there are days when I could easily do without myself), and … in the country of books where I dwell, the dead can count entirely as much as the living.
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Book Country Entirely Living Much People
For the last six or seven years the circus has no longer been in fashion. That is a pity.
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Circus Fashion Last Longer Pity Real Sex Year
One should go to the circus, beyond any question of fashion, at least one or two times a year-I am not speaking here to the real enthusiasts, they know better than I what they have to do.
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Better Circus Enthusiast Fashion Question Speaking Time Year
It seems to me that He above all desired to bring men a message of truth, that He wanted to heal them of their faults by making an appeal to all their energy; He shook them as much as He could, He did not seek to spare them the trouble.
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Appeal Desired Fault Heal Message Shook Trouble Truth Wanted

Our present-day artists do not transform, they deform. That gives pleasure to nobody. It changes everything, therefore it changes nothing.

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