If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
ANATOLE FRANCEAs 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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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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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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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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