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.
Charles Peguy
Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.
Charles Peguy
Freedom is a system based on courage.
Charles Peguy
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
Charles Peguy
Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.
Charles Peguy
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.
Charles Peguy
Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
Charles Peguy
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.
Charles Peguy
We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.
Charles Peguy
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