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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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An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately, I'm only a man.'
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It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
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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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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
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It is remarkable how great an influence our clothes have on our moral state.
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It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
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Caress your phrase tenderly it will end by smiling at you.
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We live between two dense clouds the forgetting of what was and the uncertainty of what will be.
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God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.
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There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.
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Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
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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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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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In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing in democracies it is the only sacred thing.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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Custom alone regulates morals.
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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.
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The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
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We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best.
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The Arab who built himself a hut with marbles from the temple of Palmyra is more philosophical than all the curators of the museums of London, Paris, and Munich.
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