Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
ANATOLE FRANCEIt is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
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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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Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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