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We must stand firm between two kinds of madness: the belief that we can do anything; and the belief that we can do nothing. - Alain
" "We must stand firm between two kinds of madness: the belief that we can do anything; and the belief that we can do nothing.
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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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Every boat is copied from another boat... Let’s reason as follows in the manner of Darwin. It is clear that a very badly made boat will end up at the bottom after one or two voyages, and thus never be copied... One could then say, with complete rigor, that it is the sea herself who fashions the boats, choosing those which function and destroying the others.
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