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God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.

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Fate, Satanic, Genius

Anatole France (2015). “The Revolt of the Angels: Works by France”, p.173, 谷月社

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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

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Art, Atheist, Stupid

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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

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Inspirational, Thank You, Education

Anatole France (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)”, p.120, Delphi Classics

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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.

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Inspirational, Acceptance, Risk

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Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

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Love, Fear, Religion

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

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Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

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Often Is, Literature, Innocence

"The Gods Are Thirsty". Book by Anatole France, 1912.

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The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.

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Men, Age, Energy

Anatole France (2015). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard: Works by France”, p.66, 谷月社

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In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.

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Democracy, Sacred Things, Wealth

L'Ile des pingouins (Penguin Island, 1908) pt. 6, ch. 2

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It is not customary to love what one has.

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Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.

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Animal, Soul, Dormant

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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 am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.

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Lying, Knowledge, Science

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Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.

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Knowledge, Science, Men

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A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

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Writing, Inspired, Wells

Anatole France (1924). “On life & letters”

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It is remarkable how great an influence our clothes have on our moral state.

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Clothes, Moral, Influence

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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

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People, Weakness, Way

Anatole France (2016). “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”, p.115, Anatole France

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Theologians and philosophers, who make God the creator of Nature and the architect of the Universe, reveal Him to us as an illogical and unbalanced Being. They declare He is benevolent because they are afraid of Him, but they are forced to admit the truth that His ways are vicious and beyond understanding. They attribute a malignity to Him seldom to be found in any human being. And that is how they get human beings to worship Him. For our miserable species would never lavish worship on a just and benevolent God from whom they had nothing to fear.

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Understanding, Way, Philosopher

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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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For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.

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Stars, Sky, Republic

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Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that it still has left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.

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Blood, Giving, Dying

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The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

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Stars, Science, Men

Anatole France, James Lewis May, Bernard Miall (1926). “The works of Anatole France in an English translation”

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The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it.

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Military, Heaven, Public Opinion

Anatole France (2016). “The Revolt of the Angels”, p.36, Xist Publishing

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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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It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

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Life, Nature, Believe

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

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Play is hand-to-hand encounter with Fate.

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Fate, Gambling, Hands

Anatole France (1924). “The Works of Anatole France”

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Born: April 16, 1844
Died: October 12, 1924
Occupation: Poet
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