Maurice Barrès
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Background
- Born in
- Charmes
- Educated at
- Château de la Malgrangelycée Henri-Poincaré
- Awards
- 🏆 Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century🏆 Alfred Née Award
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"There is no reality for me but pure thought. Minds alone are interesting."
"A strange rage this modern mania to give a common manner to all minds and to destroy individuality."
"Reality, it cannot be repeated too often, varies with every one of us."
"What distinguishes an argument from a play upon words, is that the latter cannot be translated."
"The reader collaborates with the author in every book", or "The reader is co-author in every book"
Works & Publications
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Timeline
1862
Born
Birth1923
Died
Death
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