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What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.
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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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.
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We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.
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Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.
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So long as society is founded on injustice, the function of the laws will be to defend injustice. And the more unjust they are the more respectable they will seem.
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The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.
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The heart errs like the head its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness.
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A woman without breasts is like a bed without pillows.
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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
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