Quotes by Alain

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The opinions we have about others are never so sound that we can afford to judge.

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Works of art...vigorous signs that humanity makes itself.

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The ambitious wanders wildly after something which he thinks will give him immense happiness, but his great happiness lies in the fact that he has much to do; and if he feels wretched by some disappointment, he still has the happiness of being wretched. Because he thinks he has a needle for the shell of misfortune, and the real cure is that he has faith that he has this needle.

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Doubt must follow certainty, like its shadow. It is the smile of the spirit.

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Truths that have no origin in error are like people who have no childhood.