It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCEBut I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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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 dream as well as act.
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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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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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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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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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