The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
ANATOLE FRANCEIf we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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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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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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 good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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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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It is not customary to love what one has
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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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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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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