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" Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. "
Anatole France
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" War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war. "
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" Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. "
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" No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. "
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" It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot. "
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