History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Quote by Anatole France

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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

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...

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

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...

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy...

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy...

The impotence of God is infinite

The impotence of God is infinite

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

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

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.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another...

We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

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

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

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

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...

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of...

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of...

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...

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is...

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...