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.
ANATOLE FRANCEIt is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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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Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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