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Change is the essence of life.
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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God, conquered, will become Satan Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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A simple style is like white light. Although complex, it does not appear to be so.
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Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home.
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