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Anatole France Quotes

Anatole France quotes

French Novelist, Writer April 16, 1844 – October 12, 1924

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Anatole France quote: "I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me..."
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water."
Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "The average man, who does not know what to do with his life,..."
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming,..."
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance."
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. Anatole France
I have always preferred the folly of the passions to the wisdom of indifference. But just because my own passions are not of that sort which burst out with violence to devastate and kill, the common mind is not aware of their existence. Nevertheless, I am greatly moved by them at times, and it has more than once been my fate to lose my sleep for the sake of a few pages written by some forgotten monk or printed by some humble apprentice of Peter Schffer. And if these fierce enthusiasms are... Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between..."
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads."
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion."
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "Nine tenths of education is encouragement."
Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "Ninety percent of education is encouragement."
Ninety percent of education is encouragement. Anatole France
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of the mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the..."
We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best. Anatole France
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul..."
The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces. Anatole France

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