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

Anatole France

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
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
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
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Imagination One Liner
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
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Death Price Willing
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
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
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
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
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
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
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
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
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Sex Strange
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
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
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
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
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
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

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