The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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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 the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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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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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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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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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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Our passions are ourselves.
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