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Fahrenheit 11/9, Michael Moore

And that if this is the America we’re trying to save, maybe, we need to ask ourselves, Why? Why save this America? The America I want to save is the America we’ve never had. It didn’t need to end up like this. And it still doesn’t. Evil is a slow moving organism. By the time…

December 29, 2018
“The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed”

« Le monde a assez pour les besoins de chacun, mais pas assez pour l’avidité de tous. Mahatma Gandhi «El mundo tiene suficiente para las necesidades de todos, pero no suficiente para la codicia de todos». Mahatma Gandhi

December 28, 2018
“La naïveté grotesque des enfants fait peine à voir” …

La naïveté grotesque des enfants fait peine à voir, surtout si l’on veut bien la comparer à la maturité sereine qui caractérise les adultes. Par exemple, l’enfant croit au Père Noël. L’adulte non. L’adulte ne croit pas au Père Noël. Il vote. Pierre Desproges “The grotesque naivety of children is painful to see, especially if…

December 9, 2018
“For to win one hundred victory”…

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Sun Tzu – The Art of War Wikiquote Sun Tzu: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu

December 6, 2018
“Le meilleur savoir faire n’est pas de gagner “…

Le meilleur savoir-faire n’est pas de gagner cent victoires dans cent batailles, mais plutôt de vaincre l’ennemi sans combattre L’Art de la guerre de Sun Tzu Wikipedia – Sun Zi: https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Zi

December 6, 2018
“How can you frighten a man whose hunger”…

How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him – he has known a fear beyond every other. The Grapes of Wrath – Chap 19 – John Steinbeck Comment peut-on effrayer un homme dont la faim ne…

December 4, 2018
“Courage is found in unlikely places”…

Courage is found in unlikely places. Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. JRR Tolkien – The Lord of the…

November 28, 2018
Cicéron, De la République

“La liberté ne consiste pas à avoir un bon maître, mais à n’en point avoir.” Cicéron, De la République “Freedom is not about having a good master, but not having one.” — Cicero, The Republic «La libertad no consiste en tener un buen amo, sino en no tener ninguno». Cicerón, Sobre la República „Die…

May 9, 2018
I suppose love is an act of courage

I suppose love is an act of courage. Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Secret of Chimneys- Miss Marple s05e02 (2010)

May 8, 2018
“They said that here it’s not where you come from that counts, it’s what you make of the life you’re given”

They do It with mirrors, Agatha Christie

April 9, 2018

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