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.
ANATOLE FRANCEDetermination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
More Anatole France Quotes
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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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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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But 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.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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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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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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Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
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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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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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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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