What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
ANATOLE FRANCEIt is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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