Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
ANATOLE FRANCETo accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
More Anatole France Quotes
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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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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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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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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
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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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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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An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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