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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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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, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!
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Lack of understanding is a great power. Sometimes it enables men to conquer the world.
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Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.
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It is not customary to love what one has.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.
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One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.
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When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.
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Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.
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Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
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Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
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I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
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Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
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