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 FRANCEIt is not customary to love what one has
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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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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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As to the kind of truth one finds in books, it is a truth that enables us sometimes to discern what things are not, without ever enabling us to discover what they are.
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