Quotes by Ernest Renan

"The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life."
— Ernest Renan
"O Lord, if there is a Lord, save my soul, if I have a soul..."
— Ernest Renan
"Muslims are the first victims of Islam. [...] To liberate the Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him."
— Ernest Renan
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Joseph Ernest Renan (/rəˈnɑːn/; French: [ʒozɛf ɛʁnɛst ʁənɑ̃]; 27 February 1823 – 2 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian...