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

Quote by Anatole France

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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...

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

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.

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...

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.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

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

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

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,...

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

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

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.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

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...

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

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

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

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

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

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

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Curiosity killed the cat because he wanted to know if it really had 9 lives.

Curiosity killed the cat because he wanted to know if it really had 9 lives.