Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
ANATOLE FRANCEI prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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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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Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
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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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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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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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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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