To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
ANATOLE FRANCEWithout lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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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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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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It is not customary to love what one has
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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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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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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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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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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