For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
ANATOLE FRANCEMan is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
More Anatole France Quotes
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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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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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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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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