Quote of the day
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
Anatole France
Born: April 16, 1844
Died: October 12, 1924 (aged 80)
Bio: Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers.
Known for:
- Penguin Island (1908)
- The Gods Are Athirst (1912)
- The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)
- Thaïs (1890)
- Le livre de mon ami (1885)
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