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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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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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Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.
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Play is hand-to-hand encounter with Fate.
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What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.
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Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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It is remarkable how great an influence our clothes have on our moral state.
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Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
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When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.
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An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.
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In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
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