Politeness is for people toward whom we feel indifferent, a… - Alain

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Politeness is for people toward whom we feel indifferent, and moods, both good and bad, are for those we love.

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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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We must stand firm between two kinds of madness: the belief that we can do anything; and the belief that we can do nothing.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

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

Politeness is for people toward whom we feel indifferent, and moods, both good and bad, are for those we love. - Alain

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