To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
ANATOLE FRANCEOur passions are ourselves.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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It is not customary to love what one has
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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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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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