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The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.
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The law in its majesty prohibits rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges.
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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.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
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What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols.
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In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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