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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 left me.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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Truth possesses within herself a penetrating force, unknown alike to error and falsehood. I say 'truth' and you understand my meaning. For the beautiful words truth and justice need not to be defined in order to be understood in their true sense.
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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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Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
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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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Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.
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To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
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Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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The Future is hidden even from those who are forging it.
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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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