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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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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
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Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.
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When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.
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I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
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Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
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A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
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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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A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
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Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.
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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
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He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
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Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
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Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
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Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
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An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately, I'm only a man.'
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Suffering... We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
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