The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
ANATOLE FRANCEHe would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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Our passions are ourselves.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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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 the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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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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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We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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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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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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