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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.

Anatole France

He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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Eat Himself Man Old See Truth
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
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
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
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Chance Earth Heaven Stupidity Thinking
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 Dream Greatness Planning
But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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Himself Myself Touch World
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
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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Discover Kind Truth
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
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
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
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 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

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