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 FRANCEUntil one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
More Anatole France Quotes
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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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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Our passions are ourselves.
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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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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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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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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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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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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 not customary to love what one has
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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
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We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we’d like them to be.
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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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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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