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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

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
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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Art Man Moon
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Beautiful Leadership Path
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Book Reading
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Exception Happiness Ignorance Person Price
Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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Enough Mindset 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
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Character Man Truth
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 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
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
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
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World

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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