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Pierre-Jean de Beranger Quotes: Glory is a shroud that posterity often tears from the shoulders of those who wore it when living.
         

Glory is a shroud that posterity often tears from the shoulders of those who wore it when living.


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Paradise is open to all kind hearts.



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Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home.



What divides men is less a difference in ideas than a likeness in pretensions.

What divides men is less a difference in ideas than a likeness in pretensions.



Gaily! gaily! close our ranks! Arm! Advance! Hope of France! Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks! Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks!

Gaily! gaily! close our ranks! Arm! Advance! Hope of France! Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks! Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks!




Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead.

Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead.



A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal upon the wit he shows.

A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal upon the wit he shows.



Flow wine, smile woman, and the universe is consoled.

Flow wine, smile woman, and the universe is consoled.



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Our century is a brutal thinker.





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Technology changes all the time; human nature hardly ever.



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If you hang around waiting for the right answer, you're going to be waiting all your life.




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