The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
Anatole France Quotations
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There is a certain impertinance in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his work.
When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way to take advantage of them
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.
The impotence of God is infinite.
It is better to understand little than to understand a lot.
People who have no weaknesses are terrible there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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.
To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price on conjecture.
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
If a million people say a foolish thing, is it still a foolish thing.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them.
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.
To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price upon conjectures.
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.
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.
To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.