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

Anatole France

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Himself Kind Man
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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Art Mindset Nature Purpose Satisfaction Teaching
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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Break Danger Evil Stupidity Time
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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Forever Life Man
He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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Eat Himself Man Old See Truth
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Difference Myself Wisdom
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Imagination One Liner
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
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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End Life People
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
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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Book Library Myself People
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
We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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Himself Principle
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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Equality Food Law Poor Rich
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk

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

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