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• The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

  Anatole France

  Positive, Integrity, Heart

  Anatole France (1922). “Anatole France and His Circle: Being His Table-talk”

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• You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.

  Anatole France

  Country, Thinking, Dying

  L'Humanité, July 18, 1922.

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

  Anatole France

  Essence, Imperfection, Being Imperfect

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

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

  Anatole France

  Nature, Evil, Principles

  "The Revolt of the Angels".

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• For a man’s life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils, and would suffer their agonies in advance, while he would get no joy of present blessings since he would know how they would end. Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well. We are almost entirely ignorant of ourselves; absolutely of others. In ignorance, we find our bliss; in illusions, our happiness.

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  Ignorance, Blessing, Men

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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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• In art as in love, instinct is enough.

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  Love, Life, Art

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

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• Intelligent women always marry fools

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  Intelligent, Fool, Intelligent Women

  Anatole France (2007). “The Red Lily”, p.42, Wildside Press LLC

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• Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

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  Inspirational, Education, Appreciation

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

  Anatole France

  Law, America, Thanks

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

  Anatole France

  Phrases, Ends, Caress

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

  Anatole France

  Dream, Would Be, Existence

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

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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.

  Anatole France

  Fashion, Women, Clothes

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

  Anatole France

  Heart, Knowledge, Mind

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

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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.

  Anatole France

  Men, Heartache, Curiosity

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• The best sentence? The shortest.

  Anatole France

  Sentences

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• Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

  Anatole France

  Mean, Justice, Injustice

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• The Future is hidden even from those who are forging it.

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  Inspirational

  "The works of Anatole France in an English translation".

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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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• 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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