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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Anatole France

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCE

Character Man Truth
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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Goodness Love Man Sin Writing
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
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
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
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
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Book Library Myself People
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
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
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Deep Dreams One Liner
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
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
We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Book Deep Devil God Religious Story Writing
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People

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