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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 man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
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An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.
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War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.
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Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference.
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Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.
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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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The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it.
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You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.
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I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
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It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.
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The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
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The heart errs like the head its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness.
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It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.
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In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing in democracies it is the only sacred thing.
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Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.
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God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.
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What we call happiness is what we do not know.
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