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.
Anatole FranceAfter the usual politeness, the Citizen Brotteaux resumed the thread of his discourse:
'Those who make a trade out of foretelling the future rarely grow rich. Their attempts to deceive are too easily found out and arouse detestation. And yet it would be necessary to detest them much, much more if they foretold the future correctly. For a man's life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils, and would suffer their agonies in advance, while he would get no joy of present blessings since he would know how they would end. Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well. We are almost entirely ignorant of ourselves; absolutely of others. In ignorance, we find our bliss; in illusions, our happiness.
Das Leben ist zu kurz und Proust zu lang...
Anatole FranceIf you have not loved an animal, your soul remains unawakened.
Anatole FranceTags: inspirational
It is not customary to love what one has
Anatole Franceفن التدريس ما هو إلا فن ايقاظ الفضول الطبيعي للعقل بغرض اشباع هذا الفضول فيما بعد.
Anatole FranceTags: التدريس-الفضول-أناتول-فرانس
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