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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

Anatole France

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
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Education Encouragement
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Imagination One Liner
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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Equality Food Poor Rich
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
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
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
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
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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
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
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth

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