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The modern state no longer has anything but rights it does not recognize duties any more.

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Georges Bernanos
Age: 60 †
Born: 1888
Born: February 20
Died: 1948
Died: July 5
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9th arrondissement
Paris
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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
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Hell, madame, is to love no longer.
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