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.
ANATOLE FRANCEThe average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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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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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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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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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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