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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

Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People
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
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
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
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
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
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
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Difference Myself Wisdom
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
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
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
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

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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