In art as in love, instinct is enough.
ANATOLE FRANCEMan is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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.
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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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 human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
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To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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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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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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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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He 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.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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It is not customary to love what one has
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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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