Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
ANATOLE FRANCEAll the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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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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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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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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