Quotes by Bernanos, Georges

I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise >>

What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds >>

When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Qu >>

Quotations about Disappointments

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as >>

The man who appeals to the best side of his fellows is rarely disappoi >>

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. >>

When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you're bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep!

Bernanos, Georges