Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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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.
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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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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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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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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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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