A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.

Quote by Anatole France

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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan,...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan,...

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...

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...

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.

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

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

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him...

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia...

Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia...

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...

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

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.

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses;...

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

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