We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
ANATOLE FRANCEI prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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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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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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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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.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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 human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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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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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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