We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.

Quote by Anatole France

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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...

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...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

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.

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,...

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

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.

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...

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

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

The future is a convenient place for dreams

The future is a convenient place for dreams

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...

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

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

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,...

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his...

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his...

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

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

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

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and,...

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and,...