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“Ce II siècle m'interesse parce qu'il fut, pour un temps fort long, celui des derniers hommes libres. Ence qui nous concerne, nous sommes peut-être déjà fort loin de ce temps-là.”
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“Nos vanités construsient ces digues minuscules, ainsi font, avec du sable, des enfants accroupis et le dos tourné à la mer.”
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“On atteint aisément une âme vivante à travers les crimes, les vices les plus tristes, mais la vulgarité est infranchissable.”
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“A man's most vivid emotional and sensuous experience is inevitably bound up with the language that he actually speaks. (New Bearings in English Poetry)”
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“La diferencia estriba quizá en que el hombre de fuertes pasiones las vive, mientras que el de débiles pasiones es vivido por ellas.
Translated into English-The difference is perhaps based on the fact that the man of strong passions lives them out, whereas the man of weak passions has them lived out for him.”
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Translated into English-The difference is perhaps based on the fact that the man of strong passions lives them out, whereas the man of weak passions has them lived out for him.”
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The Thomas Mann Group
— 247 members
— last activity Aug 12, 2020 09:04PM
Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more
Mythic Fiction
— 1148 members
— last activity Dec 16, 2024 08:32AM
A group for people to discuss and recommend works of mythic fiction. Mythic fiction is literature that contains elements from mythology, fairytales, l ...more
Poetry Readers Challenge
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Let's talk about poetry books. This group's members read poetry collections, with the goal of reviewing twenty in a year. C'mon. Do it. It's good for ...more
Littérature française du XXIe siècle
— 2715 members
— last activity Sep 10, 2024 12:13PM
Romans français et francophones de l'an 2001 à nos jours. ...more
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