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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Anatole France

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
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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Desire Forever Man Past Regret Young
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
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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Death Endurance Nation Strength Survive
Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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Enough Mindset People
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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Himself Principle
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Himself Kind Man
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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Forever Life Man
An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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Commitment Difference Education Memories
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

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