Never be insolent unless it is a deliberate decision, and o… - Alain

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Never be insolent unless it is a deliberate decision, and only toward a man more powerful than yourself.

Alain

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Émile Auguste Chartier (3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), who wrote under the pseudonym Alain, was a notable French essayist, philosopher, journalist, pacifist and teacher, noted for his profound influence on his pupils, who included Raymond Aron, Simone Weil, Simone de Beauvoir, Georges Canguilhem, and André Maurois.

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Alternative Names: Émile Auguste Chartier • Emile Auguste Chartier • Émile Chartier

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Denis Diderot Voltaire Michel de Montaigne Blaise Pascal Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Thought is saying no, and it is to itself that thought says no.

We must clear away, simplify, eradicate.

nous n'avons aucune puissance sur les passions tant que nous n'en connaissons pas les vraies causes

Never be insolent unless it is a deliberate decision, and only toward a man more powerful than yourself. - Alain

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