The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
ANATOLE FRANCETo be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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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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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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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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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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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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