It is not customary to love what one has
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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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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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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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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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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