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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

Anatole France

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
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
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
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Himself Kind Man
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
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
Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Sex Strange
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Imagination One Liner
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

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