All Anatole France Quotes
To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.
Anatole France in
Imagination
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Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
Anatole France
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War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.
Anatole France
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There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
Anatole France
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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France
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Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
Anatole France
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Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
Anatole France
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An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.
Anatole France
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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.
Anatole France
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Anatole France
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The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
Anatole France
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It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
Anatole France
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