It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCEDetermination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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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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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
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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.
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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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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Our passions are ourselves.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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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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