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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

As to the kind of truth one finds in books, it is a truth that enables us sometimes to discern what things are not, without ever enabling us to discover what they are.
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Discover Kind Truth
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
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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Equality Food Law Poor Rich
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
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 the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man Truth
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Establishment Existence Man Nature
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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Art Mindset Nature Purpose Satisfaction Teaching
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
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
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
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Difference Myself Wisdom
But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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Himself Myself Touch World
The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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Deep Man Stars
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie

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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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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