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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.

Anatole France

The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Himself Kind Man
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Accomplishment Act Believe Dream Greatness Planning
Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
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Courage Divine Goodness Life Suffering Value Virtue
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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Forever Life Man
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Education Encouragement
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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Deep Forever Life Mortal
Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.
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Death Endurance Nation Strength Survive
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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Equality Food Law Poor Rich
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth
But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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Himself Myself Touch World
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion

An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.

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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.

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