Anatole France Quotes - Page 6

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• It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.

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  Deception, Talent, Deceiving

  Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.76, Anatole France

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• God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves.

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  Suicide, Suicidal, Should

  Anatole France (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)”, p.1935, Delphi Classics

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• The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.

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  Nature, Science, Men

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• The law in its majesty prohibits rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges.

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  Sleep, Law, Bridges

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• Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.

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  Happiness, Miserable, Neighbor

  Anatole France (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)”, p.94, Delphi Classics

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• Custom alone regulates morals.

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  Morality, Moral, Customs

  Anatole France (2015). “The Revolt of the Angels: Works by France”, p.130, 谷月社

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• Dog! When we first met on the highway of life, we came from the two poles of creation.... What can be the meaning of the obscure love for me that has sprung up in your heart?

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  Friendship, Dog, Heart

  Anatole France (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)”, p.1266, Delphi Classics

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• It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.

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  Sex, Pretty Woman, Easy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Ugly women may be naturally quite as capricious as pretty ones; but as they are never petted and spoiled, and as no allowances are made for them, they soon find themselves obliged either to suppress their whims or to hide them.

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  Women, Ugly, May

  Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.31, Anatole France

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• There is only one science, love, one riches, love, only one policy, love. To make love is all the law and the prophets.

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  Love Is, Law, Making Love

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• In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.

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  Men, Ice, Made

  Anatole France (2015). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard: Works by France”, p.24, 谷月社

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• I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

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  Wisdom, Literature, Enthusiasm

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• Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

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  Work, Men, Labor Day

  The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard pt. 2, ch. 4 (1881)

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• There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

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  Cheating, Thinking, People

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• 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.

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  Heart, Emotional, Errors

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• One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

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  Men, Giving, Mind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

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  Lying, Book, History

  "The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard". Book by Anatole France, 1881.

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• A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. [The ability to focus on positives and distract your mind from negatives for at least a time is a necessary skill for being happy.]

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  Gratitude, Ignorance, Skills

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• Never lend books, for no one ever returns them

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  Book, Reading, Library

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• Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

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  Ignorance, Errors, Water

  "Pierre Noziere". Book by Anatole France, 1899.

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• I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.

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  Book, Reading, Easy

  Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.6, Anatole France

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• Justice is the sanction of established injustice.

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  Justice, Cynical, Injustice

  Anatole France (2008). “Crainquebille”, p.29, Wildside Press LLC

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• Distrust even Mathematics; albeit so sublime and highly perfected, we have here a machine of such delicacy it can only work in vacuo, and one grain of sand in the wheels is enough to put everything out of gear. One shudders to think to what disaster such a grain of sand may bring a Mathematical brain. Remember Pascal.

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  Science, Thinking, Sublime

  Anatole France (1920). “The garden of Epicurus”

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• There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

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  Book, Reading, Ugly

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• Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.

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  Love, Religion, Done

  "The Garden of Epicurus". Book by Anatole France, 1894.

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