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Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past (Anatole France Quotes)
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 (Anatole France Quotes)
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another (Anatole France Quotes)
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 (Anatole France Quotes)
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life (Anatole France Quotes)
It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit (Anatole France Quotes)
Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal (Anatole France Quotes)
One thing above all gives charm to men’s thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me (Anatole France Quotes)
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future (Anatole France Quotes)
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever (Anatole France Quotes)
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything (Anatole France Quotes)
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant (Anatole France Quotes)
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it (Anatole France Quotes)
The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference (Anatole France Quotes)
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them (Anatole France Quotes)
I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love (Anatole France Quotes)
That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses (Anatole France Quotes)
What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones (Anatole France Quotes)
The heart errs like the head; its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness (Anatole France Quotes)
Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred (Anatole France Quotes)
The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man (Anatole France Quotes)
He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice (Anatole France Quotes)
Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark (Anatole France Quotes)
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not (Anatole France Quotes)
The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it (Anatole France Quotes)
The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts (Anatole France Quotes)
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 (Anatole France Quotes)
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can’t understand them. The best sentence? The shortest (Anatole France Quotes)
You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences (Anatole France Quotes)
A simple style is like white light. Although complex, it does not appear to be so (Anatole France Quotes)