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Our passions are ourselves.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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Librarian
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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France
Jacques François-Anatole Thibault
François-Anatole Thibault
Anatole Thibault
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More quotes by Anatole France
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.
Anatole France
An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately, I'm only a man.'
Anatole France
Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.
Anatole France
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
Anatole France
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
Anatole France
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.
Anatole France
In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing in democracies it is the only sacred thing.
Anatole France
The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.
Anatole France
I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.
Anatole France
For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.
Anatole France
Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
Anatole France
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
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Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
Anatole France
The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it.
Anatole France
Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
Anatole France
The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.
Anatole France
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
Anatole France
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
Anatole France
An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.
Anatole France
A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
Anatole France
