It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCEWe have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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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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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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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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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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