The present age delights in unearthing a great man's secret… - André Malraux

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The present age delights in unearthing a great man's secrets; for one thing because we like to temper our admiration and also perhaps we have a vague hope of finding a clue to genius in such "revelations."

André Malraux

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André Georges Malraux (November 3, 1901 – November 23, 1976) was a French novelist, adventurer, art historian and statesman. He served as Minister for Cultural Affairs from 1958 to 1969.

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Alternative Names: Georges André Malraux • Andre Malraux • Malraux • André Georges Malraux • Georges-Andre Malraux • Malraux, André • Malraux, Georges André

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Les idées ne sont pas faites pour être pensées mais vécues.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

An individualism which has got beyond the stage of hedonism tends to yield to the lure of the grandiose. It was not man, the individual, nor even the Supreme Being, that Robespierre set up against Christ; it was that Leviathan, the Nation.

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