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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.
Anatole FranceAnatole France To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole FranceAnatole France Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole FranceAnatole France Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
Anatole FranceAnatole France The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
Anatole FranceAnatole France It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
Anatole FranceAnatole France All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
Anatole FranceAnatole France We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
Anatole FranceAnatole France The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
Anatole FranceAnatole France All ought to be common among friends.
Anatole FranceAnatole France We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
Anatole FranceAnatole France Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
Anatole FranceAnatole France The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Anatole FranceAnatole France If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Anatole FranceAnatole France A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Anatole FranceAnatole France We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
Anatole FranceAnatole France
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