We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
ANATOLE FRANCEAll the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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 good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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All ought to be common among friends.
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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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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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