It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
ANATOLE FRANCESuffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
More Anatole France Quotes
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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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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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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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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