I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.

Quote by Anatole France

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What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.

Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are...

Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are...

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces

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

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

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his...

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his...

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind...

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.