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In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.
Henri Bergson
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Henri Bergson
Age: 81 †
Born: 1859
Born: October 18
Died: 1941
Died: January 4
Philosopher
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Sociologist
Paris
France
Henri-Louis Bergson
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The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions.
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The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.
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Laughter is, above all, a corrective. Being intended to humiliate, it must make a painful impression on the person against whom it is directed. By laughter, society avenges itself for the liberties taken with it. It would fail in its object if it bore the stamp of sympathy or kindness.
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The universe... is a machine for the making of gods.
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Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality.
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The vital spirit. L'élan vital
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