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Suffering... We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
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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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When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
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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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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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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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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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