To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
ANATOLE FRANCENever lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
More Anatole France Quotes
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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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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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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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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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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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.
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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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It is not customary to love what one has
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