Anatole France
France
16 Apr 1844 // 12 Oct 1924
Writer / Poet
16 Apr 1844 // 12 Oct 1924
Writer / Poet
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Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom
Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream
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
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign
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 know and what you don't
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and copy it
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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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Essays