All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Quote by Anatole France

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War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that...

It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that...

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...

Love is like a rose. It looks beautiful on the outside...but there is always pain...

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

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

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

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

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

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelingsÃ³admiration or pity.

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelingsÃ³admiration or pity.

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.

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

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

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better...

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better...