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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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Jacques François-Anatole Thibault
François-Anatole Thibault
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One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.
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Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable the other, who cries, makes it sacred.
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Play is hand-to-hand encounter with Fate.
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The impotence of God is infinite.
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.
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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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Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
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America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments.
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