All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
ANATOLE FRANCETo accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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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 the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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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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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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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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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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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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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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