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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

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Accomplishment Act Dream Greatness
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Death Price Willing
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
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
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
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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Equality Food Law Poor Rich
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Education Encouragement
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
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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Change Death Life Ourselves Sadness

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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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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