If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
ANATOLE FRANCEA person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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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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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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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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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
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