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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

Anatole France

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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Accomplishment Act Believe Determination Dream Planning
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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Change Growth Live
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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Discover Kind Truth
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
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
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
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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Courage Divine Goodness Life Suffering Value Virtue
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
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Accomplishment Act Believe Dream Greatness Planning
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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Eat Himself Man Old See Truth
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
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
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Book Library Myself People

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