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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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More quotes by Anatole France
Justice is the sanction of established injustice.
Anatole France
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
Anatole France
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
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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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A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
Anatole France
Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
Anatole France
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Anatole France
Ugly women may be naturally quite as capricious as pretty ones but as they are never petted and spoiled, and as no allowances are made for them, they soon find themselves obliged either to suppress their whims or to hide them.
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A simple style is like white light. Although complex, it does not appear to be so.
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Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.
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It's not by amusing oneself that one learns.
Anatole France
We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. [The ability to focus on positives and distract your mind from negatives for at least a time is a necessary skill for being happy.]
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To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
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Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
Anatole France
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
Anatole France
Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.
Anatole France
It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.
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