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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.

Anatole France

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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
All ought to be common among friends.
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Fame Friendship
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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Commitment Difference Education Memories
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
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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Forever Life Man
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
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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Art Mindset Nature Purpose Satisfaction Teaching
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
We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Deep Dreams One Liner

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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