To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
ANATOLE FRANCEMan is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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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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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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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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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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