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Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.
War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.
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What is traveling? Changing your place? By no means! Traveling is changing your opinions and your prejudices.
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He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
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The future is a convenient place for dreams.
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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!
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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
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You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.

in L’Humanité 18 July 1922

Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.

Le Jardin d’Épicure (1895)

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Anatole France (April 16, 1844 - October 12, 1924), born François-Anatole Thibault, was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. Considered one of the greatest French writers of his generation, France was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921 "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized by nobility of style, profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament." Born in Paris, his work is marked by a classical style, subtle irony, and a deep skepticism towards established institutions and beliefs. His novels, such as "The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard" (1881) and "Penguin Island" (1908), explore human nature with wit and a humanist perspective. France was also an influential literary critic and a defender of social and political causes, although his stance evolved throughout his life. He became a respected and admired literary figure throughout Europe, and his legacy endures as an example of stylistic mastery and critical thinking.