The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
ANATOLE FRANCEIt is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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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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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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