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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Anatole France

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
We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Book Deep Devil God Religious Story Writing
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
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Education Encouragement
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Accomplishment Act Believe Dream Greatness Planning
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
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Desire Forever Man Past Regret Young
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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Goodness Love Man Sin Writing
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
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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Chance Earth Heaven Stupidity Thinking
All ought to be common among friends.
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Fame Friendship
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

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