Romain Rolland
Novelist
1866-01-29
Books by Romain Rolland
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Jean-Christophe
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Quotes by Romain Rolland
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The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the ticker-tape, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and from writer to reader spreads the fire that is fed by the various essences, until it becomes a vast conflagration leaping from forest to forest.
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But perhaps there are in us forces other than mind and heart, other even than the senses - mysterious forces which take hold of us in the moments when the others are asleep; and perhaps it was such forces that Melchior had found in the depths of those pale eyes which had looked at him so timidly one evening when he had accosted the girl on the bank of the river, and had sat down beside her in the reeds - without knowing why - and had given her his hand.
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Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.
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If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.
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If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.
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The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the ticker-tape, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and from writer to reader spreads the fire that is fed by the various essences, until it becomes a vast conflagration leaping from forest to forest.
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Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.
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But perhaps there are in us forces other than mind and heart, other even than the senses - mysterious forces which take hold of us in the moments when the others are asleep; and perhaps it was such forces that Melchior had found in the depths of those pale eyes which had looked at him so timidly one evening when he had accosted the girl on the bank of the river, and had sat down beside her in the reeds - without knowing why - and had given her his hand.
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It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
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I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.
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A hero is one who does what he can.
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A hero is a man who does what he can.
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One makes mistakes: that is life. But it is never quite a mistake to have loved.
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Passion is like genius: a miracle.
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Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.
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Skepticism and faith are no less necessary. Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.
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I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.
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Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs.
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As a result of all his education, from everything he hears and sees around him, the child absorbs such a lot of lies and foolish nonsense, mixed in with essential truths, that the first duty of the adolescent who wants to be a healthy man is to disgorge it all.
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