Most men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed off wings where he never ventures. - François Mauriac

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Most men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed off wings where he never ventures.

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About François Mauriac

François Charles Mauriac (11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French author; member of the Académie française (1933); laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur (1958). He is acknowledged to be one of the greatest Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century.

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Pen Names: Forez François Sturel
Alternative Names: François Charles Mauriac Francois Mauriac Francois Charles Mauriac Fransua Moris

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Very little would have been needed for the tears of Judas to be allied in the memory of mankind with those of Peter. He might have become a saint, the patron of all of us who constantly betray Christ.

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Il s'en est fallu de très peu que les larmes de Judas ne fussent confondues, dans le souvenir des hommes, avec celles de Pierre. Il aurait pu devenir un saint, le patron de nous tous qui ne cessons de trahir.

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