It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCEWhatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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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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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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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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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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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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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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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 rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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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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