In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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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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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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