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Sadness came into the world with Satan - that world our Saviour never prayed for, the world you say I do not know. Oh, it is not so difficult to recognize: it is the world that prefers cold to warmth! What can God find to say to those who, of their own free will, of their own weight incline towards sadness and turn instinctively towards the night?

Georges Bernanos

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Georges Bernanos
Age: 60 †
Born: 1888
Born: February 20
Died: 1948
Died: July 5
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Essayist
Journalist
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Bernanos
Difficult
Recognize
Prefers
Night
Towards
Incline
Find
Weight
Instinctively
Never
Cold
Prayed
World
Turn
Saviour
Came
Warmth
Turns
Satan
Free
Sadness

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