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Anatole France Quotes: Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.
         

Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.


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To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!



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Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.



If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.



In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.



To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.



When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.



Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.



Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.



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.

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.



Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.





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I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.

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I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.

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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.



I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain.

I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain.




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