The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
ANATOLE FRANCEIf the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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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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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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