The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Quote by Anatole France

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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...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another...

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another...

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.

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.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

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

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

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

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

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

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...

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 is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

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

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

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

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've...

Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've...

I've been in more laps than a napkin.

I've been in more laps than a napkin.