When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
ANATOLE FRANCEAll changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
More Anatole France Quotes
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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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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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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
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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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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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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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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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