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Very Quotes by Anatole France
- He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
- We find it hard to picture to ourselves the state of mind of a man of older days who firmly believed that the Earth was…
- I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
- Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.
- There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
- A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle…
- 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 live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who…
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