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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?

Anatole France

Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Himself Kind Man
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Death Price Willing
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
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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Death Endurance Nation Strength Survive
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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Art Mindset Nature Purpose Satisfaction Teaching
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Deep Dreams One Liner
The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Book History Lie
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Art Enough Love
We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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Himself Principle
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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Equality Food Law Poor Rich

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