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" If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. "
Anatole France
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" 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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" The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which 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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" That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. "
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" I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. "
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" To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all. "
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" There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. "
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" Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. "
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" What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation. "
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" One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me. "
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" Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness. "
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