Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
ANATOLE FRANCEThe history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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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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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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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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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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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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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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