Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.
It is not customary to love what one has. - Anatole France
It is not customary to love what one has.
- Anatole France
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. - Anatole France
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. - Anatole France
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not. - Anatole France
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
The more you say, the less they remember. - Anatole France
The more you say, the less they remember.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. - Anatole France
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe. - Anatole France
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot. - Anatole France
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue. - Anatole France
I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.
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