To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price on conjectures.
--Anatole France, from The Revolt of the Angels
--Anatole France, from The Revolt of the Angels
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- To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price upon conjectures.
Anatole France (1844... - A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Anatole... - To be willing to die for an ideal is to set a rather high price on
conjecture.
Oscar Wilde (... - It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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Anatole... - All changes, even the most longed for, have their
melancholy;
for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves... - On croit mourir pour la patrie, on meurt pour des industriels.
[You believe you're dying for the country -- you die... - If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Anatole... - Innocence, most often, is good fortune and not a virtue.
Anatole... - It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Anatole...
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- I never thought much of the courage of a lion-tamer.
Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. -... - Only a mediocre writer is always at his best.
-- W.
Somerset... - Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.
--Kin... - Business conventions are important because they demonstrate
how many people a company can operate without. --... - Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners,
only survivors. --Frank...
