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Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.

Anatole France

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Imagination One Liner
It is not customary to love what one has
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Love Oneself
All ought to be common among friends.
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Fame Friendship
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Accomplishment Act Believe Dream Greatness Planning
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Act Ideas Live People
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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Forever Life Man
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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Change Growth Live
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
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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Commitment Difference Education Memories
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
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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Goodness Love Man Sin Writing
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Difference Myself Wisdom
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
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Chance Earth Heaven Stupidity Thinking
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

Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.

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Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.

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