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Anatole France quotes: Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
Anatole France quotes: Silence is the wit of fools. Silence is the wit of fools.
Anatole France quotes: To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
Anatole France quotes: Nothing spoils a confession like repentance. Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
Anatole France quotes: What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones. What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones.
Anatole France quotes: The law in its majesty prohibits rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges. The law in its majesty prohibits rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges.
Anatole France quotes: The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
Anatole France quotes: America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments. America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments.
Anatole France quotes: It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
Anatole France quotes: Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream. Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
Anatole France quotes: Good angels are fallible ... they sin every day and fall from Heaven like flies. Good angels are fallible ... they sin every day and fall from Heaven like flies.
Anatole France quotes: Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name. Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.
Anatole France quotes: We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book. We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.
Anatole France quotes: Justice is the sanction of established injustice. Justice is the sanction of established injustice.
Anatole France quotes: Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not. Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
Anatole France quotes: The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it. The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
Anatole France quotes: He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and his pretension itself is a very great prejudice. He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and his pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
Anatole France quotes: We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent. We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.
Anatole France quotes: Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
Anatole France quotes: To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all. To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
Anatole France quotes: Unhappiness does make people look stupid. Unhappiness does make people look stupid.
Anatole France quotes: That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses. That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses.
Anatole France quotes: If you have not loved an animal, your soul remains unawakened. If you have not loved an animal, your soul remains unawakened.
Anatole France quotes: We live between two dense clouds; the forgetting of what was and the uncertainty of what will be. We live between two dense clouds; the forgetting of what was and the uncertainty of what will be.
Anatole France quotes: A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order. A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order.
Anatole France quotes: The adventure of the soul among the masterpieces. The adventure of the soul among the masterpieces.
Anatole France quotes: The majestic equality of the law forbids rich and poor alike from pissing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread. The majestic equality of the law forbids rich and poor alike from pissing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread.
Anatole France quotes: The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it. The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it.
Anatole France quotes: A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces. A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.
Anatole France quotes: We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal. We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
Anatole France quotes: Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants. Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants.
Anatole France quotes: I am but a miserable sinner, but I have found, in my long life, that the cenobite has no foe worse than sadness. I am but a miserable sinner, but I have found, in my long life, that the cenobite has no foe worse than sadness.
Anatole France quotes: I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love. I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love.
Anatole France quotes: To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole France quotes: We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best. We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.
Anatole France quotes: Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
Anatole France quotes: Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal. Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.
Anatole France quotes: Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order. Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
Anatole France quotes: When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Anatole France quotes: The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious
Anatole France quotes: We love truly only those we love even in their weakness and their poverty. To forbear, to forgive, to console, that alone is the science of love. We love truly only those we love even in their weakness and their poverty. To forbear, to forgive, to console, that alone is the science of love.
Anatole France quotes: It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom. It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom.
Anatole France quotes: If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Anatole France quotes: What we call happiness is what we do not know. What we call happiness is what we do not know.
Anatole France quotes: There is only one science, love, one riches, love, only one policy, love. To make love is all the law and the prophets. 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 quotes: Ah! Yes, the truth, that ingenious concoction of desirability of appearance. Ah! Yes, the truth, that ingenious concoction of desirability of appearance.
Anatole France quotes: Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity. Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.
Anatole France quotes: Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly. Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.
Anatole France quotes: Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.
Anatole France quotes: He prided himself on being a man without prejudice, and this itself is a very great prejudice. He prided himself on being a man without prejudice, and this itself is a very great prejudice.
Anatole France quotes: It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit. It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.
Anatole France quotes: It is by acts and not by ideas that people live. It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Anatole France quotes: Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home. Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home.
Anatole France quotes: The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
Anatole France quotes: 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, 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.
Anatole France quotes: When it does not yield to the rudder," said he to them, "the ship yields to the rock. When it does not yield to the rudder," said he to them, "the ship yields to the rock.
Anatole France quotes: God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves. God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.
Anatole France quotes: Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe. Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
Anatole France quotes: The heart errs like the head; its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness. The heart errs like the head; its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness.
Anatole France quotes: It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot. It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
Anatole France quotes: What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance? What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?
Anatole France quotes: We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected. We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected.
Anatole France quotes: Intelligent women always marry fools Intelligent women always marry fools
Anatole France quotes: It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief. It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.
Anatole France quotes: The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads. The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
Anatole France quotes: Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness. Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Anatole France quotes: You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists. You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.
Anatole France quotes: Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
Anatole France quotes: It is good to collect things, it is better to take walks. It is good to collect things, it is better to take walks.
Anatole France quotes: That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
Anatole France quotes: If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Anatole France quotes: People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Anatole France quotes: All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins. All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
Anatole France quotes: The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man. The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.
Anatole France quotes: There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant. There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
Anatole France quotes: The best sentence? The shortest. The best sentence? The shortest.
Anatole France quotes: Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
Anatole France quotes: It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown. It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.
Anatole France quotes: Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Anatole France quotes: Play is hand-to-hand encounter with Fate. Play is hand-to-hand encounter with Fate.
Anatole France quotes: Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.
Anatole France quotes: A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself. A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
Anatole France quotes: I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
Anatole France quotes: Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you. Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.
Anatole France quotes: Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest. Of all sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.
Anatole France quotes: It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
Anatole France quotes: Our passions are ourselves. Our passions are ourselves.
Anatole France quotes: All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins. All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins.
Anatole France quotes: The more you say, the less they remember. The more you say, the less they remember.
Anatole France quotes: A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid. A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.
Anatole France quotes: I never go into the country for a change of air and a holiday. I always go instead into the eighteenth century. I never go into the country for a change of air and a holiday. I always go instead into the eighteenth century.
Anatole France quotes: Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge. Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.
Anatole France quotes: In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts. In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
Anatole France quotes: The law ... allows rich as well as poor to sleep under bridges. The law ... allows rich as well as poor to sleep under bridges.
Anatole France quotes: For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end. For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
Anatole France quotes: The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts. The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
Anatole France quotes: It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg. It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.
Anatole France quotes: The law, in its majestic impartiality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under the bridges of Paris. The law, in its majestic impartiality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under the bridges of Paris.
Anatole France quotes: I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
Anatole France quotes: For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free. For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.

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