Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
ANATOLE FRANCEUntil one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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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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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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Suffering — 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.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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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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