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 FRANCEPeople who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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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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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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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 should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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