The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
ANATOLE FRANCEArmenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.
More Anatole France Quotes
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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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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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 whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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It is not customary to love what one has
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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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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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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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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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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