Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
ANATOLE FRANCEWandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Armenia 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.
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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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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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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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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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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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