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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.

Anatole France

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
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
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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Goodness Love Man Sin Writing
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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Deep Man Stars
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
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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Art Mindset Nature Purpose Satisfaction Teaching
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

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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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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