Author of quotes: Maurice Druon
May 1940. High school of horse riding in the ancient town of France. Cadets - the offspring of the most noble families - dream of glory, horse riding and balls. But war shatters their romantic dreams. The enemy came close to the city, there will be no arena, no races with obstacles. With the impatience of youth, the cadets are waiting for the beginning of hostilities. And they receive an order: to organize the defense of the city. For several hours, the fighting continued against the real enemy, who brought down on them all the power of artillery. Under bursting shells and bombs, overcoming fear and self-doubt, yesterday's schoolchildren desperately defend their city and their beloved school. Their dedication shocked even the enemy...
Quote Explanation: Edition 2010 Published in Intellectual Bestseller series.
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MegaMozg 21-08-2021 / 01:09
The queen's chaplain blew four times on the baby's calf, as if symbolizing the four sides of the cross, which was supposed to drive away Satan with the help of the holy spirit: then he spat on his index finger, washed the nostrils and ears of the newborn with saliva, so that he would not listen to the devil's libels, did not inhale the temptations of the vain world and flesh.
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MegaMozg 21-12-2020 / 19:12
Are everyone, like me, capable of a crime, if the opportunity presents itself, and are innocent only because of their inability to act, are they really ready to serve evil in order to satisfy their ambition? However, in Lyons, I made a vow to be just. But is it? ... Is human nature generally low or does the throne make us so? Or is this immeasurable filth and abomination - the inevitable tribute that we pay for the right to wear the crown? ... Why did God create us mortals, because death is to blame for our vileness: we are too afraid of it and too willingly use it as our tool. .. Perhaps even tonight they will try to kill me.
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MegaMozg 21-12-2020 / 19:09
vigil and that is why we are advised to spend the night before the coronation in the church!
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MegaMozg 21-12-2020 / 19:06
The cap deforms the head.
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MegaMozg 04-03-2020 / 00:12
It is generally believed that the Holy Spirit enlightens us so that we were able to choose the best. In fact, most often we vote with the expectation that the worst has not passed.
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MegaMozg 26-07-2017 / 14:09
Lazy and clumsy human memory, only the names of kings holds it... Yeah it be Your will, Lord, Thy will be done...
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MegaMozg 26-07-2017 / 14:03
And when the Angerran de Marigny opened the truth, the hatred he had for his enemies faded, and he realized that no one is to blame for his fate but himself.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 14:48
She felt fear, which she had not experienced even once in my entire life. After a few moments she will die, she no longer doubted, and worse than the fear itself of death was not know you will die, where you want to hit...
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 14:48
But the dissatisfaction in love - the third largest (after the death and hunger) problem, which is very concerned about humanity.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 14:18
Married women are the purgatory of the human race, and a courtesan - a Paradise or, at least, steps in this Paradise.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 14:18
Making two or three circles, the bird gained altitude; Louis had pulled a bow and if the arrow is not hitting the target, struck the wall, he attacked an awkward groom because he failed sent out the dove.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 13:52
Every king, every mere mortal tends to their favorite pleasures, which, perhaps, more fully than any actions, open the secret part of his nature.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 13:52
... nowhere reveals himself to man, as at the table.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 13:52
... everyone is strong only in the form of weapons, which are used to.
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