If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
ANATOLE FRANCEThe law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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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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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, 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.
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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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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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