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.
ANATOLE FRANCEWhat can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
More Anatole France Quotes
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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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.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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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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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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