If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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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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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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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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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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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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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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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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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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