Quotes by : Ernest Renan

A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.....

Islam has been liberal when it has been weak and violent when it has been strong.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.

Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when....

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.....

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

The oblivion, and I'll say even the historical error, are a key factor in the creation of a nation, to....