Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Quote by Anatole France

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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...

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...

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

The future is a convenient place for dreams

The future is a convenient place for dreams

It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that...

It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that...

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.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

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

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

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.

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.

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.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

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...

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

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;...

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

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

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...

As things grow they also change. Embrace change or you will cease to grow.

As things grow they also change. Embrace change or you will cease to grow.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.