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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.

Anatole France

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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Art Mindset Nature Purpose Satisfaction Teaching
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
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Change Death Life Ourselves Sadness
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Difference Myself Wisdom
Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
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Desire Forever Man Past Regret Young
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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Himself Principle
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
Determination. 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 Determination Dream Planning
It is not customary to love what one has
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Love Oneself
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
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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Change Growth Live

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