All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
ANATOLE FRANCEWhat 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 law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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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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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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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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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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