Anatole France - Man Quotes

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Touched by their attention, the holy man taught them the Gospel.
"Inhabitants of this island, the earthly day that has just risen over your rocks is the image of the heavenly day that rises in your souls. For I bring you the inner light; I bring you the light and heat of the soul. Just as the sun melts the ice of your mountains so Jesus Christ will melt the ice of your hearts."
Thus the old man spoke. As everywhere throughout nature voice calls to voice, as all which breathes in the light of day loves alternate strains, these penguins answered the old man by the sounds of their throats. And their voices were soft, for it was the season of their loves.

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A throne, what is a throne? Is it four pieces of wood covered in velvet? No! A throne is a man, and that man is I!

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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

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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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Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

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That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

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The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.

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In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.

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