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Anatole France

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
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
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
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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Education Encouragement
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
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
But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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Himself Myself Touch World
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
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
We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Deep Dreams One Liner
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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Change Growth Live
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
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Desire Forever Man Past Regret Young

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