Jules Romains

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Jules Romains


Born
in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, France
August 26, 1885

Died
August 14, 1972


Jules Romains, born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule (August 26, 1885 - August 14, 1972), was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will).

Jules Romain was born in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil in the Haute-Loire but went to Paris to attend first the lycée Condorcet and then the prestigious École normale supérieure. He was close to the Abbaye de Créteil, a utopian group founded in 1906 by Charles Vildrac and René Arcos, which brought together, among others, the writer Georges Duhamel, the painter Albert Gleizes and the musician Albert Doyen. He received his agrégation in philosophy in
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“Smart people talk about ideas. Common people talk about things. Mediocre people talk about people.”
Jules Romains

“Les gens bien portants sont des malades qui s'ignorent.”
Jules Romains, Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine

“La santé n'est qu'un mot, qu'il n'y aurait aucun inconvénient à rayer de notre vocabulaire. Pour ma part, je ne connais que des gens plu s ou moins atteints de maladies plus ou moins nombreuses à évolution plus ou moins rapide.”
Jules Romains, Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine
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