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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

Anatole France

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
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
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
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
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
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Courage Divine Goodness Life Suffering Value Virtue
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
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
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
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
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
It is not customary to love what one has
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Love Oneself
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness

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