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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.

Anatole France

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
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
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
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
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
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
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
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
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading

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