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Life Quotes by Anatole France
- 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…
- Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred.
- 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…
- Change is the essence of life.
- For the majority of people , though they do not know what to do with this life , long for another that shall have no…
- To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
- All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to…
- In art as in love, instinct is enough.
- I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
- To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
- The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
- Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
- The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
- Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.
- 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…
- 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,…
- A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.
- 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…
- We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
- Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are in the world for that and the rest of life…
- It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle