Anatole France

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History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.


— Anatole France


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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.


— Anatole France


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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.


— Anatole France


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Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.


— Anatole France


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Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.


— Anatole France


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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.


— Anatole France


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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.


— Anatole France


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


— Anatole France


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Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.


— Anatole France


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"The law in its majestic equality forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges to beg in the streets and to steal bread. A republic is ugliness set free. "
"The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

He was born in Paris and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist with several best-sellers.