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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy

Anatole France

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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Chance Earth Heaven Stupidity Thinking
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
It is not customary to love what one has
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Love Oneself
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Sex Strange
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
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Education Encouragement
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Death Price Willing
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
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
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Book Library Myself People
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
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
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
The 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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Equality Food Poor Rich

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