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Abbé Pierre

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Biography - Abbé Pierre:

Born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès. French Catholic priest.
Born: 1912 - Died: 2007
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

Simplicity can only exist in what is true.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La simplicité ne peut exister que dans le vrai.

German
Einfachheit kann nur in dem existieren, was wahr ist.




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The language of truth is simple.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.




Quotes for: simplicity


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Quotes about simplicity:


Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.





Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.





Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.





Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.





Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.





Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.











Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.











Quotes

Abbé Pierre also said...


Do not wait to be perfect to start something good.





Learning to love is why we are here.





A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light.





We have as much need of reasons for living as of the necessities of life.





Everyone's responsibility involves two acts: wanting to know and daring to say.





To have suffered oneself makes one much more understanding of others' suffering.












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