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Famous Quotes By Anatole France

Famous quotes made by Anatole France - the pen-name of the French novelist and critic, Jacques Anatole Thibault. He was born on April 16, 1844 in Paris, and died on October 12, 1924.

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It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

History books which contain no lies are extremely dull.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

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

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown.

People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

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

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

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If Shakespeare came back to life, what would he do? I'm certain he'd withdraw the play (The Merchant of Venice). - David Thacker British theatre director, April 1994.

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