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Anatole France Quotes: What we call happiness is what we do not know.
         

What we call happiness is what we do not know.


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What we call happiness is what we do not know.
         



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



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



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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.



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



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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.



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





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