"And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died."
-Julien Benda
SmileView Quote
"I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.“
-Julien Benda
posted in Future
Other Quotes by Julien Benda
Discover more inspiring quotes by Julien Benda
"Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace."
-Julien Benda
WarView Quote
"Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace."
-Julien Benda
PeaceView Quote
"And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died."
-Julien Benda
HistoryView Quote
"Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace."
-Julien Benda
FearView Quote
"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
BestView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
-George Orwell
FutureView Quote
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you."
-Jim Rohn
FutureView Quote
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
FutureView Quote
"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."
-Edgar Allan Poe
FutureView Quote
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
-Marcus Aurelius
FutureView Quote
"Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
FutureView Quote