It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCEThe 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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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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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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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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