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André Comte-Sponville
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Biography : French philosopher.
Born: 1952
Period:
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20th century
Place of birth: France
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One is not born, but rather becomes, free.
André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie / 



One is not born, but rather becomes, free.




The opposite of humility is pride, and all pride is ignorance.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues / 






We have need of morality only for want of love.
André Comte-Sponville / 



We have need of morality only for want of love.




Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.
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Be confident: Truth is not the end of the way, it is the way itself.
André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie / 






Philosophize, to think your life and to live your thoughts: for that is what philosophy is.
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To tolerate is to take upon oneself; a tolerance that comes into being on the backs of others is no longer tolerance. To tolerate the suffering of others, to tolerate an injustice of which we are not a victim or an atrocity that we are spared is not tolerance but selfishness, indifference, or worse.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues / 






Good is not something to contemplate; it is something to be done.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues / 






There is humility in gratitude, and humility is difficult.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues / 






Don't just hope, learn to want.
André Comte-Sponville - Le bonheur : visions occidentale et chinoise. / 






The maxim of mercy is this: when you are unable to love, at least cease to hate.
André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues / 






There is no need to wait to be saved to be human.
André Comte-Sponville - L'esprit de l'athéisme / 






All fear is imaginary, reality is its antidote.
André Comte-Sponville - Impromptus / 






It is by playing the man, or the woman well that one helps humanity to exist. And it is necessary: it needs you just as you need it!
André Comte-Sponville - Présentations de la philosophie / 






Irony hurts, humour treats.
Irony can kill; humour helps to live.
Irony wants to establish domination; humour liberates.
Irony is cruel, humor is forgiving.
Irony is humiliating; humor is humble.

André Comte-Sponville - A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues / 






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