We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
ANATOLE FRANCEWhen a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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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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