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Famous Anatole France Quotes
“That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.”
“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.”
“Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.”
“Lack of understanding is a great power. Sometimes it enables men to conquer the world.”
“Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.”
“Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.”
“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”
“The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.”
“A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.”
“The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.”
“In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.”