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Anatole France60 quotes“The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.”
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
Anatole FranceAnatole France We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
Anatole FranceAnatole France It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
Anatole FranceAnatole France Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
Anatole FranceAnatole France If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Anatole FranceAnatole France 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.
Anatole FranceAnatole France 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.
Anatole FranceAnatole France To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole FranceAnatole France Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole FranceAnatole France Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
Anatole FranceAnatole France The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
Anatole FranceAnatole France It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
Anatole FranceAnatole France All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
Anatole FranceAnatole France We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
Anatole FranceAnatole France All ought to be common among friends.
Anatole FranceAnatole France 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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Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
John CalvinJohn Calvin There are pieces of you in all the things you have loved. This is how we live forever.
Blake AudenBlake Auden Life is so tough. I don’t know how old you are, but I’ve seen so much in a wink. One phone call and your life is changed forever. We all know that. You better laugh at everything.
Joan RiversJoan Rivers If I had a flower for every time I thought of you. I could walk through my garden forever.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Life is brief but love is LONG .
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson I never left my roots. You can identify me as someone that didn’t become high and mighty. Humility is a defining [trait] all of us can forever learn, and I try to be as humble as anyone can be.
Serena WilliamsSerena Williams In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Tennis just a game, family is forever.
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