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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.

Anatole France

If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
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 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
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
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
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
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
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Education Encouragement
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 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
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
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Beautiful Leadership Path
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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Break Danger Evil Stupidity Time
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth

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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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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