But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
ANATOLE FRANCETime deals gently only with those who take it gently.
More Anatole France Quotes
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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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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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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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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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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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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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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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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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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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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It is not customary to love what one has
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