The only one thing which is really valuable, it is to do good.
AFRIKAN SPIRThe realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.
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That vie with one another (“qui rivalisent à l’envi,” Fr.), by the increase of their armies and the improvement of their engines of murder (“engins meurtriers”, Fr).
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The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.
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For if we do not take it upon ourselves to remedy in time to the moral colapse (or bankruptcy) that already threaten, the whole civilisation will risks to disappear.
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Place (or put) a spider on top of a mountain, it will only try to catch flies; alas, they are many those who, in the figurative meaning, have spider’s eyes.
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It must be all the same to the citizens (“ressortissants”, Fr.) of a country that their governing (those in power) speak such language or such other (“telle langue ou telle autre”, Fr.).
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It depends on ourselves to be to each others, either a blessing or a torment.
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It is not the first time that men sell their birth right for a dish of lentils, and thus disown (or repudiate or deny) the best of thmeselves.
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The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain – fratricidal war.
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A good man (“un homme de bien”, Fr.) never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives (or survives) in eternity.
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The basic notion of justice, is that the rights of everybody are equals, in principle. In the rights of others, we have to respect our own rights. It is only in that condition that we can reasonnably require that it be respected by others.
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There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.
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The refinement of the consciousness and of the heart, are considered incidental (or subordinate) things.
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Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man.
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The more his character, by rising above material contingencies, widen, become free and independent.
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As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day.
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