Anatole France Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.”
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“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
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“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!”
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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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“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.”
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“If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”
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“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”
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“It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.”
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“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.”
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“The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.”
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“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”
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“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”
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“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
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“It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.”
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“It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.”
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“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”
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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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“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
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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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“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.”
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“The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.”
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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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“It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.”
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“Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned”
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“I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.”
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“Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.”
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“We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.”
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“When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.”
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“A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.”
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