The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
ANATOLE FRANCEAwaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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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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