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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Anatole France

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
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
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
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
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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Courage Divine Goodness Life Suffering Value Virtue
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
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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Equality Food Law Poor Rich
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
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
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Beautiful Leadership Path
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
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People
All ought to be common among friends.
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Fame Friendship
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price

If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

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