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Silence is the wit of fools.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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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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Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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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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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
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In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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True education is the ability to discern the difference between what you do know and what you don't.
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Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.
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When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.
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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
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An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.
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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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I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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Dog! When we first met on the highway of life, we came from the two poles of creation.... What can be the meaning of the obscure love for me that has sprung up in your heart?
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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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Universal peace will be realized, not because man will become better, but because a new order of things, a new science, new economic necessities, will impose peace.
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