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“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”
WisdomAll Quotes by Anatole France
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
Pet“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”
Wisdom“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!”
Art“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”
Happiness“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.”
God“No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.”
God“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another.”
Change“It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.”
Nature“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.”
Education“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
Imagination“History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.”
History“I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”
Wisdom“Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.”
Great“An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.”
Education“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe.”
Dreams“Nine tenths of education is encouragement.”
Education“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
Equality“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.”
Truth“That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.”
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