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

Quote by Anatole France

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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.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

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

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

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...

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...

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;...

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

In art as in love, instinct is enough.

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

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...

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...

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.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.

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...

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.

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...

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in...

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in...

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a...

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a...