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What we call happiness is what we do not know.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.
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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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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
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Silence is the wit of fools.
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
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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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