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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.

Anatole France

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
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
But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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Himself Myself Touch World
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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Equality Food Poor Rich
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
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
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Change Death Life Ourselves Sadness
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
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
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
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Imagination One Liner
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
If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People
Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
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Care Human Necessary Poetry Science
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

Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.

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