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.
ANATOLE FRANCEWhatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
More Anatole France Quotes
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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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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It is not customary to love what one has
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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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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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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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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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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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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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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.
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