Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Quote by Anatole France

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Distance never seperates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and...

Distance never seperates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and...

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...

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.

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...

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...

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain...

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,...

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

A woman must decide between a man who women like, and then have no security,...

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

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

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...

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

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

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

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

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

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.

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.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

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

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

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...

Herb is realization, when the unexplained becomes the explained then the ignorance becomes awakening.

Herb is realization, when the unexplained becomes the explained then the ignorance becomes awakening.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in...

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in...