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Change is the essence of life.

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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
Biographer
Critic
Librarian
Literary Critic
Novelist
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Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Paris
France
Jacques François-Anatole Thibault
François-Anatole Thibault
Anatole Thibault
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Life

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A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
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Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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