Anatole France Quotes - Page 2

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• We chase dreams and embrace shadows.

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  Dream, Shadow, Embrace

  Anatole France (1932). “At the Sign of the Queen Pedauque”

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• Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

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  Phrases, Ends, Caress

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• America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments.

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  Law, America, Thanks

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• A woman without breasts is like a bed without pillows.

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  Sex, Bed, Breasts

  Anatole France (2015). “The Queen Pedauque: Works by France”, p.95, 谷月社

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• It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.

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  Wise, Goes On, Walks

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• Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

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  Nature, Evil, Principles

  "The Revolt of the Angels".

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• It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

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  Fashion, Thinking, Fools Day

  "Le Petit Pierre". Book by Anatole France, 1885.

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• Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.

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  God, Science, Names

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• That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

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  Fear, Future, Men

  Anatole France (2007). “Golden Tales of Anatole France”, p.12, Wildside Press LLC

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• It is by believing in roses that you make them bloom.

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  Believe, Rose

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• Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

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  Dream, Would Be, Existence

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

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• Suffering... 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.

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  Depression, Courage, Giving

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

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• Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.

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  Fashion, Women, Clothes

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• I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.

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  Essence, Imperfection, Being Imperfect

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

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• The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

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  Life, Men, Average

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• The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

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  Men, Heartache, Curiosity

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• Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.

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  Change, Regret, Life Changing

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• The best sentence? The shortest.

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  Sentences

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• What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

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  Literature, Conversation, Madmen

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

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• Change is the essence of life.

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  Essence, Essence Of Life

  Anatole France (1916). “Pierre Nozière”

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• Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

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  Mean, Justice, Injustice

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• True education is the ability to discern the difference between what you do know and what you don't.

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  Differences, Ability, Knows

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• It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.

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  Heart, Knowledge, Mind

  "The Literary Life". Book by Anatole France, 1888-1892.

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• Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

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  God, Pseudonyms, Literature

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• Our passions are ourselves.

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  Passion

  Anatole France (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)”, p.112, Delphi Classics

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