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The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
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It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.
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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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Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home.
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A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.
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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.
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Caress your phrase tenderly it will end by smiling at you.
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A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
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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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Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.
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The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
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