Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
ANATOLE FRANCEAll the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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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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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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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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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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It is not customary to love what one has
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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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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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