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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

It is not customary to love what one has
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Love Oneself
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
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
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
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
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
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
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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Deep Forever Life Mortal
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
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
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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
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
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
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Chance Earth Heaven Stupidity Thinking

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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