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.
ANATOLE FRANCEIt is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Our passions are ourselves.
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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 not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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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 history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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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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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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