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People who don't count won't count.
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
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The impotence of God is infinite.
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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
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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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