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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

Anatole France

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
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Sex Strange
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
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
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
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Care Human Necessary Poetry Science
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
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
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
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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Goodness Love Man Sin Writing
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

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