Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
ANATOLE FRANCEIt is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
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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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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.
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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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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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