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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.

Anatole France

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
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
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
We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Deep Dreams One Liner
Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Sex Strange
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People 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
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
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
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
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 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
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
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

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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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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