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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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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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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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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