Quotes by Renan, Ernest

When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have as >>

Man makes holy what he believes. >>

The simplest school boy is now familiar with truths for which Archimed >>

Quotations about Authority

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no groun >>

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority. >>

Authority is never without hate. >>

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

Renan, Ernest