We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
ANATOLE FRANCEWhen a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
More Anatole France Quotes
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He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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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 history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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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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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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