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Anatole France

French writer

1844–1924

23 quotes, most often on Wisdom, Love and Virtue.

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 another.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Pt. II, ch. 4
- Change
The greatest changes in social life are wrought imperceptibly, and are only seen from afar.
The White Stone (1905), Ch. III, p. 135
- Change
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