But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
ANATOLE FRANCEA person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Science neither cares to please nor to displease. She is inhuman. It is not science but poetry that charms and consoles. And that is why poetry is more necessary than science.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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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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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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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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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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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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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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