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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

Anatole France

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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Change Growth Live
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
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
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
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
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
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
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
All ought to be common among friends.
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Fame Friendship
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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Animal Believe Himself Logic Man Thinking
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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Death Endurance Nation Strength Survive
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Imagination One Liner
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
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

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