All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
ANATOLE FRANCEA person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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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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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
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