If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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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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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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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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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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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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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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