“If the hero join combat with night and conquer it, may shreds of it remain upon him!”
The Thief's Journal (1949)
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French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist 1910–1986Related quotes

"The World of the Hero" (1976)

Speech in Hamburg (18 June 1901)
As quoted in Germanism from Within (1916) by Alexander Duncan Mclaren
1900s
Variant: Germany must have her place in the sun. (is not of Wilhelm himself but of Bernhard von Bülow
Source: Men Under Stress, 1945, p. 44

Section 4 : Moral Ideals
Founding Address (1876), Life and Destiny (1913)