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In order that knowledge be properly digested it must have been swallowed with a good appetite.
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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In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
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Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.
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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best.
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We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
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