Anatole France
France
16 Apr 1844 // 12 Oct 1924
Writer / Poet
16 Apr 1844 // 12 Oct 1924
Writer / Poet
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Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest
Nine tenths of education is encouragement
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness
It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem - and in my esteem age is not estimable
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot
In art as in love, instinct is enough
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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