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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.
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Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
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What men call civilization is the condition of present customs what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones.
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He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
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Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable the other, who cries, makes it sacred.
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God, conquered, will become Satan Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.
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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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The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.
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We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best.
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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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The law ... allows rich as well as poor to sleep under bridges.
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Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
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In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
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The Arab who built himself a hut with marbles from the temple of Palmyra is more philosophical than all the curators of the museums of London, Paris, and Munich.
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No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
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That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses.
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A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.
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