History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Quote by Anatole France

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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;...

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.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because...

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because...

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

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

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...

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...

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

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.

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

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.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

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

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

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...

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

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

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning