Georges Bernanos: Frasi in inglese (pagina 3)

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“I know that the Crusaders of Majorca put to death, in a single night, all the prisoners who were huddled in the Catalonian trenches. They took the whole herd down to the shore and shot them, one beast at a time - they were quite leisurely about it. The Lord High Archbishop of Palma arranged to be represented at the ceremony, by a certain number of his priests. You can picture the scene can't you? 'Come on, father, isn't that one ready?' - 'Just a moment captain, I'm handing him over to you at once.' When the job was finished, the Crusaders piled their cattle in two heaps - those who'd been given absolution and those who hadn't- then sprinkled petrol over them. It is quite likely that this purification by fire may then have taken on, by reason of the presence of priests officiating a liturgical significance. Unfortunately I only saw these blackened, shiny creatures two days after that, contorted by the flames, some of them counterfeiting obscene poses in death, which must have been very distressing for the ladies of Palma and for their eminent confessors. A reeking tar oozed out of them…”

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Georges Bernanos libro Les grands cimetières sous la lune

Origine: Les grands cimetieres sous la lune (A Diary of My Times) 1938, p.153-154

“Rather than the obsession with impurity, you'd do better to fear the nostalgia for purity.”

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Georges Bernanos libro Monsieur Ouine

The curé of Fenouille to Dr. Malépine, p. 213
Monsieur Ouine, 1943

“[T]he cradle is shallower than the grave.”

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Georges Bernanos libro Monsieur Ouine

Origine: Monsieur Ouine, 1943, p.244

“I saw a woman of thirty-five, living peacefully in the bosom of her family after an interrupted novitiate, show sudden signs of incomprehensible nervous terror, speak of possible 'reprisals', and refuse to go out alone. A very dear friend, took pity on her, offered her shelter. 'Come, child, what have you to fear? You're one of God's little lambs…' 'Harmless? That's all you know! Everybody thinks as you do, and nobody's frightened of me. Well - you can find out for yourself. I had eight men shot, madame…”

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Georges Bernanos libro Les grands cimetières sous la lune

Origine: Les grands cimetieres sous la lune (A Diary of My Times) 1938, p.87-88

“[F]irst of all, be what you are.”

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Georges Bernanos

Abbé Cénabre to Chantal, p. 213
La joie (Joy) 1929

“Only the present counts.”

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Chantal to Dr. La Pérouse, p. 189
La joie (Joy) 1929