Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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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 good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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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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Our passions are ourselves.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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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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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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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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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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