| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 6943 |
| QUOTATION: | A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Georges Bernanos (18881948), French novelist, political writer. The Curé de Torcy, in The Diary of a Country Priest, ch. 2 (1936). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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