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"Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable."
Anatole France
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Anatole France
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It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
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Christianity has done a great deal for love by making it a sin.
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It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference.
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All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.
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Upon the whole, humanity changes little. What has been shall be.
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Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.
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The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.
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For the moment the peril was nowhere and yet everywhere. The majority remained solid; but ...
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He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is ...
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In art as in love, instinct is enough.
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