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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.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.
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It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
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The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training.
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Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it.
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