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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
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
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Deal Time
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Death Price Willing
It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Collection Goodness Walk
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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People Weakness
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
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
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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Chance Earth Heaven Stupidity Thinking
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
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Act Human Nature Thinking Wisdom
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
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
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

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