Our passions are ourselves.
ANATOLE FRANCEI prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
More Anatole France Quotes
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As to the kind of truth one finds in books, it is a truth that enables us sometimes to discern what things are not, without ever enabling us to discover what they are.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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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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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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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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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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It is not customary to love what one has
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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