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There is only one science, love, one riches, love, only one policy, love. To make love is all the law and the prophets.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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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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I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.
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Dog! When we first met on the highway of life, we came from the two poles of creation.... What can be the meaning of the obscure love for me that has sprung up in your heart?
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Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that it still has left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.
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What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols.
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It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom.
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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them
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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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Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
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A woman without breasts is like a bed without pillows.
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Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.
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Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
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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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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. [The ability to focus on positives and distract your mind from negatives for at least a time is a necessary skill for being happy.]
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The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.
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A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
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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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