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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.

Anatole France

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man 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
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Change Sadness
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
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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End Life People
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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Animal Believe Himself Logic Man Thinking
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Difference Myself Wisdom
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
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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Desire Forever Man Past Regret Young
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
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time

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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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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