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Biography - Charles de Gaulle:

French army officer and statesman.
Born: 1890 - Died: 1970
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
Charles de Gaulle


Translation

Translation

(French)



French
La grandeur est un chemin vers quelque chose qu'on ne connaît pas.
Charles de Gaulle



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Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.
Victor Hugo - Les deux trouvailles de Gallus



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All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.
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Quotes for: the unknown


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Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
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Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
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Character is the virtue of hard times.
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At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
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