Anatole France , born Anatole François Thibault, was a French author. He was born in Paris, and died in Tours, Indre-et-Loire.
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“A good critic is one who narrates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces.”
Anatole France
“History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.”
“Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.”
“It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be”
“An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.”
“It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown”
“Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.”
“The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.”
“Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.”
“You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences”