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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Anatole France

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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Himself Myself Touch World
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
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
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
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
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth
The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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Deep Man Stars
Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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Enough Mindset People
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
Determination. 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 Determination Dream Planning
We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Deep Dreams One Liner
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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
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
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
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Change Death Life Ourselves Sadness

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

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