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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
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It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
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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.
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What we call happiness is what we do not know.
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We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected.
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Play is hand-to-hand encounter with Fate.
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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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Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.
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The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.
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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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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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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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