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

Anatole France

He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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Eat Himself Man Old See Truth
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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Equality Food Poor Rich
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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Discover Kind Truth
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
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Chance Earth Heaven Stupidity Thinking
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
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
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People
For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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End Life People
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Death Price Willing
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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