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.
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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All ought to be common among friends.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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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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Our passions are ourselves.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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It is not customary to love what one has
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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