We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who went on studying a Greek author while before his eyes Vesuvius was overwhelming five cities…

Quote by Anatole France

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Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

The impotence of God is infinite

The impotence of God is infinite

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

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...

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...

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...

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for...

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for...

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible...

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible...

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.