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The Future is hidden even from those who are forging it.
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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Truth possesses within herself a penetrating force, unknown alike to error and falsehood. I say 'truth' and you understand my meaning. For the beautiful words truth and justice need not to be defined in order to be understood in their true sense.
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It is remarkable how great an influence our clothes have on our moral state.
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It is not customary to love what one has.
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I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
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True education is the ability to discern the difference between what you do know and what you don't.
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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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A simple style is like white light. Although complex, it does not appear to be so.
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If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.
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What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.
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For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.
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Unhappiness does make people look stupid.
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Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned
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The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training.
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
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Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.
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