A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for… - Marguerite Yourcenar

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A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny.

Marguerite Yourcenar

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Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour (June 8 1903 – December 17 1987) was a Belgian-born French novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Marguerite Yourcenar. She was the first woman to be elected to the Académie française.

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Alternative Names: Yourcenar • Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour • Marguerite de Crayencour • Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour

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My purpose was simply to diminish that mass of contradictions and abuses which eventually turn legal procedure into a wilderness where decent people hardly dare venture, and where bandits abound.

La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica.

The world is big … May it please the One who perchance is to expand the human heart to life’s full measure.

A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny. - Marguerite Yourcenar

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