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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
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
It is not customary to love what one has
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Love Oneself
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
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
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
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
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
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
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Beautiful Leadership Path
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
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
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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Animal Believe Himself Logic Man Thinking
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 so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Himself Kind Man
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Deep Dreams One Liner
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth
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
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Book Deep Devil God Religious Story Writing
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World

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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