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Anatole France Quotes

Anatole France quotes about wisdom

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

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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: "Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. Anatole France
Anatole France quote: "I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom."
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. Anatole France

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