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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
Poet
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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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.
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God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.
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Caress your phrase tenderly it will end by smiling at you.
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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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It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
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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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