Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
ANATOLE FRANCEOf all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
More Anatole France Quotes
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It is not customary to love what one has
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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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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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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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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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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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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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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