The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
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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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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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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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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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