If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
ANATOLE FRANCEThe 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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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy 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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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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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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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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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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