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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.

Anatole France

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
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
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
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Change Death Life Ourselves Sadness
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
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
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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Deep Forever Life Mortal
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
All ought to be common among friends.
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Fame Friendship
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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Equality Food Poor Rich
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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Book Library Myself People
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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Care Human Necessary Poetry Science
If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading

For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.

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