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"29 Anatole France Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 16 April 1844. Died: 12 October 1924 | Poet | Journalist | Novelist |

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Has loved An animal One's soul Remains unawakened
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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.

All changes Most longed We leave Behind us
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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Accomplish Great things Also dream Plan
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
To know Nothing To imagine Everything
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We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.

We have Never heard Devil's side The story
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living

Don't change Grow Really living
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art In love Instinct Enough
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

The certainty They possess The truth Men cruel
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Whole art Teaching Awakening Natural curiosity
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Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Sexual aberrations Chastity The strangest
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

Stupidity More dangerous Evil A break
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If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
The path Be beautiful Ask where It leads
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.

An education How much Have committed Memory
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Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.

Time Deals gently Who take
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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

Human nature Think wisely Act Absurd fashion
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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.

The law Majestic equality Forbids The rich
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

A person Never happy The price Some ignorance
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I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

I prefer The errors Enthusiasm Indifference
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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.

Average man Not know What To do
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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books Everybody admires Nobody reads
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

By acts By ideas People live
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Our passions are ourselves.
Our passion Are ourselves
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We chase dreams and embrace shadows.

We chase Dreams Embrace shadows
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

People Who have No weakness Are terrible
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Ninety percent of education is encouragement.

Ninety percent Education Encouragement
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Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! 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.

Suffering How divine Misunderstood Good in us
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.

Not know What Short life We yearn
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The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity

Greatest virtue Man Curiosity
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.

The majority People This life Long for
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Anatole France Quotes & Sayings