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Caress your phrase tenderly it will end by smiling at you.
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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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another.
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The law in its majesty prohibits rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges.
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It is not customary to love what one has.
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Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.
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Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.
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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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A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
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Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
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Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.
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Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.
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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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You think you are dying for your country you die for the industrialists.
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America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments.
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It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.
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When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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A simple style is like white light. Although complex, it does not appear to be so.
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Our passions are ourselves.
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Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
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