French Literary Quotes about "terreur"

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La terreur ne réussit pas à la démocratie, parce que la démocratie a besoin de justice, et que l'aristocratie et la monarchie peuvent s'en passer.

Terror does not succeed in democracy, because democracy needs justice, and aristocracy and monarchy can do without it.

Edgar Quinet Bourg-en-Bresse 1803-Paris 1875 La Révolution, XX, 6

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La terreur que l'esprit ressent devant le corps a rendu fous d'innombrables mortels.

The terror that the spirit feels before the body has driven countless mortals mad.

The mind's terror of the body has probably driven more men mad than ever could be counted.

David Herbert Lawrence Eastwood 1885-Vence 1930 Le Serpent à plumes, Préface

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