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Ernest Renan Quotes: Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.
         

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.


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Muslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!



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Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.



A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.



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Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.



To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again, — such are the essential conditions for the making of a people.

To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again, — such are the essential conditions for the making of a people.



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No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.



To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.



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