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

Quote by Anatole France

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

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

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 not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...

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

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,...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of...

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and...

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and...

I dont want to change you. I just want to change the way you think...

I dont want to change you. I just want to change the way you think...