If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
ANATOLE FRANCENine tenths of education is encouragement.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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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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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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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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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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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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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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