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



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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.



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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.



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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