Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788) German philosopher
Sämtliche Werken, ed. Josef Nadler (1949-1957), vol. III, p. 40.
“A man given to vice is always an idealist.”
— Georges Bernanos, book Monsieur Ouine
Dr. Malépine to Monsieur Arsène, the mayor of Fenouille, p. 61
Monsieur Ouine, 1943
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